<p>Filed 12/7/05 P. v. Acosta CA2/8</p> <br /> <p>Opinion following transfer</p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p><b>California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 977(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 977. </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">DIVISION EIGHT</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p><br /> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><br /> <tr><br /> <td width="319" valign="top"> <br /> <p>THE PEOPLE,</p> <br /> <p> Plaintiff and Respondent,</p> <br /> <p> v.</p> <br /> <p>JESUS XAVIER ACOSTA,</p> <br /> <p> Defendant and Appellant.</p><br /> </td><br /> <td width="319" valign="top"> <br /> <p> B170330</p> <br /> <p> (Los Angeles County</p> <br /> <p> Super. Ct. No. VA073500)</p><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table> <br /> <p> APPEAL from a <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.com/">judgment in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County</a>. Dewey L. Falcone, Judge. Affirmed.</p> <br /> <p> Gregory L. Cannon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.</p> <br /> <p> Bill Lockyer, <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.com/">Attorney</a> General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">Attorney</a> General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.com/">Attorney</a> General, Linda C. Johnson, Lawrence M. Daniels and Karen Bissonnette, Deputy <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">Attorney</a>s General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.</p> <br /> <p align="center">_____________________________</p> <br /> <p> On September 7, 2005, our <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">Supreme Court</a> transferred this case to us, with directions to vacate our prior decision and reconsider in light of <i>People v. Black</i> (2005) 35 Cal.4th 1238 (<i>Black</i>). We hereby vacate our decision filed April 14, 2005, and issue the following decision:</p> <br /> <p> Defendant and appellant Jesus Xavier Acosta appeals from the judgment entered following a <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">jury trial that resulted</a> in his conviction of voluntary manslaughter. He contends: (1) the trial court prejudicially erred in failing to give CALJIC No. 2.01; and (2) the trial court committed sentencing error under <i>Blakely v. Washington</i> (2004) 542 U.S. 296 (<i>Blakely</i>), and <i>Apprendi v. </i><i>New Jersey</i> (2000) 530 U.S. 466 (<i>Apprendi</i>). We affirm.</p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p> Viewed in accord with the usual rules on appeal (<i>People v. Kraft</i> (2000) 23 Cal.4th 978, 1053), the <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.com/">evidence established</a> that defendant fatally shot Cesar Abrica, known as â€