California Court of Appeal

Court affirmed defendant's second-degree murder conviction for the death of his unborn child, after he assaulted its mother. Court rejected defendant's contention that he could not be convicted of the murder of a human being based on an act that occurred before the human being came into existence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/17/2004
• Published 06/17/2004

Judges

•  SIMS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Scott Concklin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorneys General, J. Robert Jibson and Jesse Witt, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.