P. v. Arendt CA1/4
Following a domestic dispute at the home of appellant’s mother, appellant was charged with dissuading a witness (Pen. Code, § 136.1, subd. (b)(1)) ; cutting a utility line (§ 591); resisting an officer (§ 69); making criminal threats (§ 422); threatening an officer (§ 71); and two counts of misdemeanor vandalism (§ 594, subd. (a)). A jury convicted appellant of all charges, except for making criminal threats. With respect to that charge, the jury convicted appellant of the lesser included offense of attempted criminal threats. Appellant was sentenced to an aggregate term of seven years four months in state prison.
This appeal presents two discrete issues. First, appellant contends his conviction for attempted criminal threats must be reversed because of prejudicial jury instruction errors. We agree.
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