People v. Olivas

Opinion

KING, J.

David Jesse Olivas appeals from a judgment of conviction for second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) arising from a vehicular homicide committed under the influence of phencyclidine (PCP). We hold the evidence was sufficient to support the murder conviction, and affirm the judgment.

On October 12, 1983, Olivas led San Jose police on a high speed automobile chase which ended in a collision causing the death of an infant and serious injury to the infant’s mother. Olivas was driving a new Oldsmobile which had been stolen earlier that day from an automobile dealership. At around…