People v. Williams

Opinion

CLARK, J.

Defendant appeals from judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting her of involuntary manslaughter. (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 2.) We affirm the judgment.

After living together for two years, Elijah Turner decided one evening to leave defendant. When Elijah’s brother Aubrey, defendant’s sister Viola and Viola’s boyfriend David arrived to help Elijah move, defendant told them to leave so that she could speak to Elijah privately.

According to Aubrey, defendant added that Elijah was “not going anywhere.” A police officer testified Viola told him defendant called Elijah an obscene…