Flores

Filed 10/8/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(San Joaquin) ----

THE PEOPLE, C089569

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No.

STKCRFE20170000102)

v.

MICHAEL ANTHONY FLORES,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, Richard M. Mallett, Judge. Reversed.

Gillian Black, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Eric L. Christoffersen and John Merritt, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant Michael Anthony Flores was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, among other crimes, after the jury initially declared it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Defendant moved for a new trial based on evidence the jury considered defendant’s sentence in determining the verdict. The jurors’ declarations in support of the new trial motion showed the jury was at an impasse between second degree murder and…