California Court of Appeal

Convictions for gross vehicular manslaughter are affirmed where 1) any error in failing to instruct on accomplice status and credibility was harmless based on sufficient corroborative evidence, and 2) refusal to instruct on defense of necessity was proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2002
• Published 08/05/2002

Judges

• McCONNELL, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Susan K. Keiser, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Pamela A. Ratner Sobeck, Steven T. Oetting, Frederick B. Clark and Teresa Torreblanca, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.