PEOPLE v. ALVARADO

Docket No. B050616.

232 Cal.App.3d 501 (1991)

283 Cal. Rptr. 479

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID ALVARADO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

July 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Janyce Keiko Imata Blair, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick T. Brooks, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder. He seeks reversal based on alleged instructional errors and abuse of discretion in admitting photographs of the victim's corpse. We find no merit in these arguments and, therefore, affirm the conviction.

FACTS

Defendant and the victim, apparently, were members of rival gangs. At about 11:30 one night defendant found the victim on defendant...

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