People v. Calles

Opinion

MOSK, J.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant Bryan Calles (defendant) was convicted of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (c)(1)),1 three counts of leaving the scene of an accident (Veh. Code, § 20001, subd. (a)), and one count of second degree murder (§ 187, subd. (a)). On appeal, defendant claims that certain errors occurred at trial. In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that the jury did not commit misconduct by using a watch to time a period in question in order to consider the events that could have taken place in that period. We also…