Appellant was convicted of various offenses, including assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1)) and another offense with an accompanying enhancement for personal use of a deadly or dangerous weapon (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)(1)), related to an altercation in which he struck a minor on the head with a baseball bat. The Court of Appeal, relying on People v. Aledamat (2019) 8 Cal.5th 1, found that the trial court erred by instructing the jury in a manner that allowed it to conclude that a baseball bat was an inherently deadly weapon, and that the error was prejudicial.
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