People v. Gonzales

Opinion

SCOVILLE, P. J.

Appellant Celestino Mendoza Gonzales was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for shooting his neighbor. In the published portion of this opinion, we consider Gonzales’s contention the judge erred in using Gonzales’s conduct subsequent to the charged offense to aggravate the sentence. In the unpublished portion of the opinion, we consider his remaining assignments of error, namely, insufficiency of evidence to support the verdict; the judge’s refusal to instruct on involuntary manslaughter and on the right to protect one’s property from trespassers and intruders; denial…