People v. Wiley

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Defendant Theresa Wiley appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict of first degree murder. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189.) She contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that she could be convicted of first degree murder on the basis of murder by torture; 2 that the standard instruction on circumstantial evidence was erroneously omitted; and that certain limiting instructions were also omitted. We have concluded that none of these contentions has merit, and accordingly affirm the judgment.

The relevant events occurred on the afternoon and evening of…