People v. Griego

WOOD (Parker), J.

Defendant was charged with murder. In a trial by jury she was convicted of manslaughter. She appeals from the judgment and the order denying her motion for a new trial.

Appellant asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; and that the court erred in refusing to give three instructions which she requested.

Defendant and Joe Garcia, the deceased, had been living together, unmarried, about two years. On October 10, 1954, about 1 a.m., defendant stabbed him in the heart with a paring knife, and he died soon thereafter. In the evening preceding the stabbing…