Appeal denied for El Monte man convicted of slashing female cab driver's throat

From staff and wire reports:

A state appellate court panel today upheld an El Monte man's conviction for stabbing a female cab driver in November 2008.
The three-justice panel from the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Carlos Ramirez's claim that there were errors in jury instructions given during his trial.
Ramirez was convicted of attempted murder and carjacking for the Nov. 14, 2008, attack on the driver, who was stabbed in the neck with a utility knife before her cab was taken.
The attack took place at Tyler Avenue and Kauffman Street in El Monte.
Ramirez and another man stole $10 from the wounded woman's purse before fleeing, according to testimony in Ramirez's trial.
The stolen taxi was recovered shortly after the driver reported the crime to police.
Police said the victim, a Rosemead woman in her 20s who had been driving a taxi for about a month, was "traumatized" by the attack.
Co-defendant David Siguenza, who worked with Ramirez at a car wash and was with him at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty to carjacking.