Case Title: P. v. Abilez

Citation: 

Docket Number: S066377M

State: california

Court: California Supreme Court

Date: 2007-08-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
Filed 8/22/07 
 
 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
 
THE PEOPLE, 
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Plaintiff and Respondent, 
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S066377 
 
v. 
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FRANK MANUEL ABILEZ, 
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Los Angeles County 
 
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Super. Ct. No. KA031387-01 
 
Defendant and Appellant. 
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MODIFICATION OF OPINION 
BY THE COURT: 
 
The opinion herein, appearing at 41 Cal.4th 472, is modified as follows: 
 
The paragraph on pages 518-519, starting with the third to last sentence, “In 
this case . . . .” , is modified to read: “In this case, neither defendant nor the 
prosecution called Vieyra to the stand; Vieyra, a codefendant, testified in his own 
behalf.  At the time of trial, there was no law indicating that a court must provide 
CALJIC No. 3.18 sua sponte when a codefendant introduces accomplice 
testimony, and defendant did not request such an instruction.  Accordingly, the 
trial court correctly granted the request that CALJIC No. 3.18 not be given to the 
jury.  Nor was the trial court under a sua sponte duty to modify the instruction for 
defendant’s benefit.  (People v. Guiuan, supra, 18 Cal.4th at p. 560.)” 
 
This modification does not effect a change in the judgment.