P. v. Heddings
Neil Samuel Heddings appeals his conviction of involuntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, 192, subd. (b)), a lesser included offense of the charged crime of murder ( 187, subd. (a)). The court sentenced him to a six-year term, which was the three-year middle term doubled because Heddings admitted a prior strike conviction.
Heddings contends his conviction must be reversed because (1) the jury's acquittal of the charged count of assault on a child by means of force likely to produce death ( 273ab) necessarily acts as an acquittal of the charged murder/involuntary manslaughter count, and (2) the instructions on aiding and abetting were erroneous. Court affirm the judgment.
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