PEOPLE v. VASQUEZ

No. B175639.

39 Cal.Rptr.3d 433 (2006)

136 Cal.App.4th 1176

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Vicente VASQUEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

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

February 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Ono, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Mary Sanchez and Stephanie A. Miyoshi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


RUBIN, J.

Vicente Vasquez appeals from the judgment following his conviction of second degree murder. Because the court refused to instruct the jury on imperfect self-defense, we reverse and remand for retrial.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Vicente Vasquez was charged with murdering his cousin, Ramon Arechiga. He pleaded not guilty and was tried by jury. At trial, one of appellant's cousins testified during the People's case-in-chief that appellant...

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