P. v. Medeiros
A jury convicted defendant Richard Roland Medeiros of second degree murder (Pen. Code, 187, subd. (a) (count 1); all further statutory references are to this code unless specified), and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated ( 191.5, subd. (a) (count 2).) The charges arose from a fatal automobile crash occurring while defendant drove under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found defendant suffered three prior convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs or alcohol ( 191.5, subd. (d)). Defendant complains of instructional error, and challenges the sufficiency of evidence to support his convictions. For the reasons stated below, Court affirm the judgment.
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