BENTLEY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 20072.

122 Cal.App.2d 262 (1953)

264 P.2d 990

EDWARD RUFFELO BENTLEY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent.

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

December 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howser, Coughlin & Schmitt and James J. Coughlin for Petitioner.

S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney, Jere J. Sullivan and Robert Wheeler, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.


DORAN, J.

Petitioner was charged with manslaughter and the crime of violating section 480 of the Penal Code. The complaint duly charged that defendant, "while engaged in the driving of a vehicle in the commission of a unlawful act not amounting to a felony, with gross negligence, and while in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, with gross negligence, kill Robert J. Holt, a human being; the death of said decedent being the...

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