PEOPLE v. SERNA

No. E049324.

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES CHRISTIAN SERNA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Filed April 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thien Huong Tran , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown Jr. , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, and Gil Gonzalez and Andrew Mestman , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS

OPINION

RICHLI, J.

Defendant James Christian Serna stabbed the mother of his children to death in their front yard, in full view of multiple witnesses. Thus, the key issue at trial was whether this act constituted first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, or no crime at all because defendant lacked specific intent.

A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder (Pen...

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