P. v. Jackson CA2/7
Defendant Janzen Glynn Jackson killed his mother’s boyfriend, Frank Herrera, during an altercation. He was charged with murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)), but convicted by the jury of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter (§ 192, subd. (a)). The trial court sentenced Jackson to the upper term of 11 years in state prison. (§ 193.)
Jackson contends the trial court erred in denying his Batson/Wheeler motion challenging the prosecutor’s exercise of peremptory challenges to two Black jurors. Jackson also asserts the trial court erred in admitting for impeachment the statements police officers obtained from Jackson in violation of his Miranda rights, failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter, and denying his motion for a mistrial based on spectator misconduct. We affirm.
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