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PEOPLE v. WYATT

No. S189786.

55 Cal.4th 694 (2012)

148 Cal. Rptr. 3d 508

287 P.3d 78

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. REGINALD WYATT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waldemar D. Halka , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Stan Helfman , Laurence K. Sullivan , Violet M. Lee and Alisha M. Carlile , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BAXTER, J. —

While in defendant's care, defendant's young son died of shock and hemorrhage due to blunt force trauma. A jury convicted defendant of involuntary manslaughter (Pen. Code,1 § 192, subd. (b)) and assault on a child causing death (§ 273ab). As relevant here, the Court of Appeal reversed the section 273ab conviction upon finding the trial court erroneously failed to instruct the...

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