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PEOPLE v. PETERS

Docket No. 2611.

96 Cal.App.2d 671 (1950)

216 P.2d 145

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LIONEL HENRY PETERS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

March 28, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Blair Rixon for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

BRAY, J.

Under an information charging manslaughter, a jury found defendant guilty of that crime. From the judgment entered thereon and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appealed.

QUESTIONS INVOLVED

1. Was the corpus delicti, that is, was the cause of death, proved? 2. Was certain evidence erroneously admitted? 3. Was there error in the court's instructions?

FACTS

There is very little conflict in the evidence. About 2...

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