P. v. Willis
Defendant Marsell Rayshan Willis timely appeals from a November 29, 2005 judgment sentencing him to seven years in prison. On October 17, 2005, a jury found defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and found true an allegation he had personally used a knife during the killing. (Pen. Code, 192, subd. (a) [voluntary manslaughter], 12022, subd. (b)(1) [personal use of deadly weapon].) Defendant makes the following arguments on appeal: (1) the trial court erred when it allowed questioning regarding defendants prior arrests for petty theft and robbery; (2) the trial court improperly excluded testimony which it ruled was inadmissible double hearsay; (3) the trial court erred by failing to instruct sua sponte on involuntary manslaughter; and (4) defense counsel provided ineffective assistance at trial by withdrawing a request for such an instruction. Court conclude these arguments lack merit, and Court affirm.
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