People v. Hovda, No. C058800
Defendant's vehicular manslaughter conviction is affirmed where the trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury that gross negligence requires conscious indifference to consequences, because CALCRIM No. 590, the pattern instruction on gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated the trial court gave, conveyed the equivalent of "conscious indifference" by informing the jury that gross negligence exists only if a reasonable person would have known that acting in that way would create a high risk of death or great bodily injury.
Read People v. Hovda, No. C058800
Appellate Information
Filed August 24, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Robie
Counsel
For Appellant:
Patricia L. Watkins
For Respondent:
Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General
Julie A. Hokans, Supervising Deputy Attorney General