P. v. Martinez CA1/1
Defendant Brenda Fanny Martinez was convicted of second degree murder by use of a deadly weapon after she beat the victim to death with a baseball bat. Defendant was sentenced to an aggregate term of 16 years to life in prison. On appeal, she contends her conviction must be reversed because the trial court erred prejudicially by: (1) unduly restricting the testimony of her psychiatric expert; (2) failing to properly instruct the jury on implied malice; (3) refusing to instruct in involuntary manslaughter; and (4) failing to instruct that mental illness evidence is admissible to determine credibility. We conclude the abstract of judgment requires a minor correction. We otherwise affirm.
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