People v. Timms
California Court of Appeal
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REARDON, J.
Appellant Aaron Timms, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, 1 challenges the instructions on voluntary intoxication and reasonable doubt as well as the constitutionality of Penal Code 2 section 22. We affirm.
I. FACTS
In October 2003, appellant and his wife Valerie Estrada were homeless and slept in a ravine (called the “canal”) that ran along the back of Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland. They met Richard Aguilar and Nevin Dusevic 3 at the canal and became friends. On October 21, 2003, Dusevic was expecting a direct deposit to his bank account. He offered to rent a motel…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Montana v. EgelhoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- People v. HoodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. SailleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- People v. CookCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- People v. FergusonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
- People v. McNallyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
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