P. v. Ferrer CA1/3
A jury convicted Juan Joseph Ferrer of voluntary manslaughter with personal use of a knife. (Pen. Code, §§ 192, subd. (a), 12022, subd. (b)(1).) He is serving a 12-year prison sentence. Defendant contends the court abused its discretion in withdrawing its approval of a negotiated plea under which defendant would have received a four-year term for involuntary manslaughter. Defendant also contends the court erred in responding to a request for further definition of the phrase “conscious disregard for human life” in homicide instructions by directing the jury to “use the common, everyday definition of those words,” and that defense counsel was ineffective in approving the court’s response. Further, defendant contends the court abused its discretion in sentencing him to the aggravated term for voluntary manslaughter. We shall affirm the judgment and sentence.
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