P. v. Varela
Carlos Soto Varela appeals from the judgment entered following conviction by a jury of the first degree murder of Holly Ann Lake (Pen. Code, 187, subd. (a), 189), and the unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle. (Veh. Code, 10851, subd. (a).) The jury found true an allegation that, in the commission of the murder, appellant had personally used a deadly weapon. (Pen. Code, 12022, subd. (b)(1).) Appellant was sentenced to prison for an indeterminate term of 25 years to life for the first degree murder conviction, plus one year for the deadly weapon enhancement. In addition, the court imposed a consecutive determinate term of two years for the unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle. Appellant contends that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct and that the trial court erroneously instructed the jury. Court affirm. However, Court direct the trial court to correct clerical errors in the abstract of judgment.
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