People v. Nelson

Filed 9/15/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E061050

v. (Super.Ct.No. SWF1301983)

ERIC SCOTT NELSON, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Mark Mandio, Judge.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for resentencing.

Mark D. Johnson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

____________________ * Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of parts III, IV, V, and VI.

1 Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Eric A. Swenson,

Lynne G. McGinnis and Felicity Senoski, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and

Respondent.

Defendant Eric Scott Nelson was going through a contentious divorce. After his

friend Laura Tatarzyn mentioned getting a hit man to kill her…