People v. Burney

Opinion

HAMMERBERG, J. *

Appellant was convicted after a nonjury trial of voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 1) with the use of a firearm (Pen. Code, § 12022.5) and assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)) with personal use of a handgun. Appellant was found sane on her not guilty by reason of insanity plea.

On August 12, 1978, at approximately 2:30 a.m. in Wagner’s, a bar in West Fresno, appellant shot Willie Mae Williams, and then immediately shot through a crowd of patrons and hit Lester Grant which resulted in his death. The shooting was the result of a quarrel…