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PEOPLE v. KENT

Docket No. 5301.

132 Cal.App.2d 588 (1955)

282 P.2d 945

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLARENCE EDWARD KENT, Appellant.

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

April 28, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Houston Allen for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Delbert E. Wong, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

McCOMB, J.

From a judgment of guilty of manslaughter after trial before a jury, defendant appeals. There is also an appeal from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

[1] Questions: First: Was there substantial evidence to sustain a judgment of guilty of the crime of manslaughter?

Yes. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice, if done upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion. (Pen...

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