PEOPLE v. PENNY

Docket No. Crim. 5722.

44 Cal.2d 861 (1955)

285 P.2d 926

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. MARY PENNY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Brandon Bernstein and Robert P. Dockeray for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and William E. James, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

Appeal by defendant Mary Penny from a judgment of conviction of involuntary manslaughter.

Defendant was charged with a violation of section 192, subdivision 2, of the Penal Code. That section provides that manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice. "2. Involuntary — in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner...

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