People v. Beatrice Bros.

Opinion

PERLUSS, P. J.

A jury convicted Beatrice Brothers of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser included offense of murder, and found true the special allegation she had personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon. On appeal Brothers contends the court erred in failing to instruct the jury sua sponte on involuntary manslaughter. She also contends there is insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. The Amended Information Following Our Reversal of the Judgment

In December 2011 this court reversed Brothers’s conviction for first degree…