P. v. Williams CA1/5
A jury convicted Rodney ONeil Williams of second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) and found true the allegation he personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)). The trial court found Williams’s prior convictions true, struck one prior, and sentenced Williams to 31 years to life in state prison.
Williams appeals. He contends the court erred by: (1) failing to sua sponte instruct the jury on the right to self-defense: mutual combat or initial aggressor (CALCRIM No. 3471); (2) failing to sua sponte instruct the jury on the heat of passion theory of voluntary manslaughter; and (3) admitting the victim’s hearsay statements. He also seeks reversal based on cumulative error.
We affirm.
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