People v. Lopez
Annotate this CaseThe Court of Appeal affirmed defendant's conviction for second degree murder and felony hit and run driving resulting in death or serious injury. The court held that defendant forfeited his objections to the Watson advisements; the court rejected defendant's three separate claims of instructional error related to his murder conviction; defense counsel's concession of defendant's guilt as to the felony hit and run count was not the equivalent of a guilty plea and thus waiver was not required; Penal Code section 654 did not preclude multiple punishments in this case; and there were no errors, much less cumulative errors.
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