P. v. Salazar
A jury convicted defendant Stanley Ross Salazar of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a))[1] and found true an allegation that appellant had personally used a knife (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)). Salazar challenges this conviction and the 25-years-to-life prison sentence for first degree murder and an additional determinate term of one year for the knife allegation, contending: 1) the trial court erred when it denied Salazar's motion for a mistrial after a prosecution witness said on the witness stand that when he first met Salazar, Salazar had told him he had just gotten out of jail; and 2) insufficient evidence supports the jury's finding that the murder was willful, deliberate and premeditated. As discussed below, Court affirm the conviction but order a reduction in the court security fee to that authorized by statute.
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