P. v. Vasquez
Filed 4/6/06 P. v. Vasquez CA2/8
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LUIS A. VASQUEZ et al., Defendants and Appellants. | B173875 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VA071398) |
APPEAL from judgments of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Robert J. Higa, Judge. Affirmed with modifications and directions.
Fay Arfa for Defendant and Appellant Christopher Price.
Doris S. Browning, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Luis Vasquez.
Deborah L. Hawkins, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Mario Montiel.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth N. Sokoler and Susan Lee Frierson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Defendants and appellants Christopher Price, Luis Vasquez, and Mario Montiel appeal from the judgments entered against them following a jury trial that resulted in each being convicted of second degree murder. They make the following contentions:[1] (1) the evidence was insufficient to support their convictions; (2) the trial court made various instructional errors which were individually or cumulatively prejudicial; (3) counsel was ineffective in failing to introduce expert evidence regarding voluntary intoxication; (4) the trial court failed to instruct the jury that an alleged accomplice's statement had to be corroborated; (5) imposition of a â€
