P. v. Grinstead
Donald Wayne Grinstead appeals a judgment following his negotiated plea of no contest to voluntary manslaughter under Penal Code section 192, subdivision (a).[1]
The prosecution initially filed an information charging appellant with a single count of murder with malice aforethought. ( 187, subd. (a).) Appellant was held to answer that information after a preliminary hearing on May 26, 2006.
The evidence at the preliminary hearing showed that on the afternoon of July 4, 2005, appellant accompanied his girlfriend to her friends home to pick up the girlfriends child. At first, appellant waited in the car while the girlfriend went into the house. Darryn, the friends brother and victim, lived with his sister and was at home. Court have examined the entire record and are satisfied that appellants attorney has fully complied with his responsibilities and that no arguable issues exist. (Smith v. Robbins (2000) 528 U.S. 259; People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, 441; People v. Kelly (2006) 40 Cal.4th 106, 123-124.) The judgment is affirmed.
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