P. v. Lopez
Defendant Raymond Eduardo Lopez was convicted by jury trial of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189), and the jury found true that he had personally used a deadly or dangerous weapon (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)(1)) in the commission of the murder. On appeal, he (1) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of premeditation and deliberation, (2) claims that the court erred in responding to jury inquiries regarding premeditation and deliberation, (3) asserts that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct, and (4) maintains that the trial court made numerous prejudicial instructional errors. Although we conclude that the trial court made two instructional errors, we conclude that defendant was not prejudiced by these errors individually or cumulatively. Therefore, we affirm the judgment.
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