The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Veronica Utilia Gonzales, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment in its entirety after reviewing defendant's automatic appeal from her murder conviction and death sentence. It rejected her claims concerning prosecutorial misconduct, battered-woman-syndrome evidence, compelled examinations by prosecution experts, exclusion of a codefendant's statements, jury instructions, and evidentiary sufficiency, concluding that any error was forfeited, harmless, or nonexistent.