People v. Wells

Opinion

McCLOSKY, J.

A jury found appellant Bruce Carol Wells, Jr., guilty of voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192), a lesser but necessarily includ ed offense of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), the crime with which he was charged in count I of the information. It also found appellant guilty of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207) as charged in count II, and further found true the allegations that he used a firearm during the commission of the crimes of voluntary manslaughter and kidnaping (Pen. Code, §§ 12022.5 and 1203.06, subd. (a)(1)). The jury found that appellant was not guilty of assault with a…