implied malice murder

A Watson murder, which permits implied malice to be inferred from a defendant’s drunk driving and the surrounding circumstances, is not a theory of imputed malice, and the trial court therefore properly denied defendant’s Penal Code section 1172.6 petition. In…

Trial court did not err in denying Penal Code section 1172.6 petition after finding petitioner was guilty of second degree as an aider and abettor under an implied malice theory of murder liability. In 2014, a jury convicted petitioner of…