P. v. DeLeon
Geraldo Salinas died as the result of multiple stab wounds. A jury found appellant Luis Rene DeLeon guilty of the second degree murder of Salinas and found true an allegation that DeLeon used a knife during the commission of the offense. (See Pen Code,[1] 187, subd. (a), 189, 12022, subd. (b)(1).) The trial court denied his motions for new trial and to reduce his conviction to manslaughter. DeLeon was sentenced to state prison for an indeterminate term of 15 years to life with the possibility of parole. On appeal, he contends that there was insufficient evidence of malice necessary to support the second degree murder conviction, requiring that we reduce his conviction to voluntary manslaughter. Court affirm the judgment.
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