People v. Robertson CA3

Filed 11/26/25 P. v. Robertson CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C102205

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 21FE011421)

v.

ARVIEL ROBERTSON,

Defendant and Appellant.

A jury found defendant Arviel Robertson guilty of voluntary manslaughter. (Pen. Code,1 § 192, subd. (a)). On appeal she argues there is insufficient evidence to support her conviction. Alternatively, she contends the evidence warrants a reduction to involuntary manslaughter. We find no merit to defendant’s claims, and we decline to reduce her conviction. We therefore will affirm the judgment. We do, however, agree with the parties that the abstract of judgment must be corrected to reflect the correct conviction—voluntary manslaughter, not murder. Accordingly, we will direct the trial court clerk to correct this error.

1 Further undesignated section references are to the Penal Code.

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BACKGROUND Both defendant and R.W.2 had a prior romantic relationship with J.C. R.W. and J.C. met in 2009 or 2010, and shared several children together. They co-parented their children after the romantic relationship ended. Defendant met R.W. for the first time between February and October 2010, when R.W. was outside defendant’s apartment; R.W. was “raisin’ a fuss” with J.C. and waving a knife around. As she swung the knife around, R.W. said to defendant, “ ‘Bitch, I’ll ‘F’ you up.’ ” Eventually R.W. left the apartment complex and said, “ ‘Good luck.’ ” J.C. dated defendant in approximately 2011. R.W. was pregnant with J.C.’s child around the time J.C. dated defendant. R.W. did not know J.C. was dating defendant while she was pregnant; she found out after their relationship ended. R.W. and defendant communicated back and forth on text and cellphone calls to “mess” with each other about J.C. In 2011 or 2012, R.W. hit defendant, giving her a black eye. Defendant and J.C. stopped dating in 2012, although defendant made some prank calls to J.C.’s cellphone for a while afterwards. Defendant and J.C. did not maintain any type of relationship after 2012. In the late afternoon of July 2, 2021, R.W. gave J.C. a ride to a casino. J.C. saw defendant at the casino, though they did not speak to one another. A few hours later, J.C. called R.W. to get picked up. R.W. agreed to get J.C., and she decided to order food from the casino to pick up while she was there. R.W. arrived in her car and pulled up to the curb in front of the casino entrance; J.C. got into the