P. Zetino CA1.3
Defendant Jessy Zetino ingested drugs during a Halloween party and then stabbed a stranger to death on the street. The defense claimed the killing was not premeditated and deliberate but the result of drug-induced hallucinations. The jury rejected the defense and convicted defendant of first degree murder. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189.) He is serving an indeterminate prison term of 25 years to life plus an additional year for personal use of a knife. (Pen. Code, §§ 190, subd. (a), 12022, subd. (b)(1).)
Defendant appeals, claiming his confession should have been excluded because the police coerced his confession through threats and promises of leniency and ignored invocations of his right to counsel and to remain silent. He also claims the court erred when instructing the jury on the effect of intoxication and hallucinations upon the elements of homicide. Finding no error, we shall affirm the judgment.
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