P. v. Gonzalez
A jury found Arnulfo Gonzalez guilty of second degree murder for the unlawful killing of Samuel Valdivia (Pen. Code, § 187; all further references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified), and also found true he personally used a knife in the commission of the murder within the meaning of section 12022, subdivision (b), subsection (1). Gonzalez contends the trial court erred by providing an unmodified version of CALCRIM No. 625, which addresses the effect of voluntary intoxication in homicide crimes. Gonzalez argues the instruction could have caused a reasonable juror to disregard evidence of the victim’s and witnesses’ intoxicated state. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm.
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