P. v. McKuin CA3
In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2013, the victim’s car was found on the side of River Road near McHenry Avenue and State Route 120; her body lay at the bottom of a ravine leading to the Stanislaus River. Defendant Michael McKuin, her estranged husband and father of her child, was arrested for her murder in April 2014. In September 2016, a jury found him guilty of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)), and the trial court subsequently sentenced him to 25 years to life in state prison.
On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish that he was responsible for the victim’s death. We shall affirm the judgment.
Given that the gist of defendant’s argument requires an analysis of the evidence at trial, a separate statement of facts is not warranted. We instead include them in our Discussion.
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