People v. Vorreiter CA3

Filed 12/8/21 P. v. Vorreiter CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Shasta) ----

THE PEOPLE, C091942

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 18F7755)

v.

KENNETH KARL VORREITER,

Defendant and Appellant.

A jury found defendant Kenneth Karl Vorreiter guilty of second degree murder, multiple counts of corporal injury to a spouse, and possession of methamphetamine after his wife died following a brutal beating. On appeal, defendant argues (1) the trial court erred by admitting evidence of defendant’s prior domestic abuse against his wife and ex- wife; (2) his counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor’s description of voluntary manslaughter at closing; (3) the…