People v. Watts CA6

Filed 6/19/15 P. v. Watts CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H041302

(Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 169048)

v.

ANDREW BRIAN WATTS,

Defendant and Appellant.

On December 15, 1980, appellant Andrew Brian Watts went into a psychotic rage at his parents’ home and strangled his father to death. He did not believe his father was dead, so to slow his father down, he cut off his legs with a knife and a machete and poured sugar on his body, believing it was cyanide. Later, he stole his father’s van and drove to Salt Lake City, Utah. He was arrested in Utah on December 18, 1980. Appellant has always maintained that the person he murdered was not his father, but a duplicate of…