PEOPLE v. CASTORENA

Docket No. B091251.

47 Cal.App.4th 1051 (1996)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HENRY CASTORENA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard Jay Moller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Susan D. Martynec and Juliet H. Swoboda, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

EPSTEIN, J.

Henry Castorena appeals from the judgment entered following a jury trial that resulted in his conviction of second degree murder. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)(1).)1 He was sentenced to prison for the term of 15 years to life.

Appellant contends that during deliberations the trial court improperly excused a juror who believed in appellant's innocence. We reverse the judgment...

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