State v. Perez

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Bias Perez was convicted of manslaughter in the death of one Luis Lopez. He appeals from the verdict, the judgment, and from the lower court’s denial of his motion for new trial. His co-defendant, Tony Zamora, was convicted of second degree murder. Appellant’s assignments of error present but one question. Was there sufficient evidence introduced at the trial to support a conviction of the manslaughter charge ?

It is the cardinal rule that on an appeal from a criminal conviction we must take the evidence in a light most favorable to the state and resolve all conflicts in…