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PEOPLE v. TOPHIA

Docket No. 6318.

167 Cal.App.2d 39 (1959)

334 P.2d 133

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THOMAS JULIUS TOPHIA, Appellant.

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

January 9, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Richard F. Bird and James P. Nunnelley, Deputy Public Defenders, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

LILLIE, J.

Defendant was acquitted of assault with a deadly weapon upon James Wallis and convicted of manslaughter upon a charge of murder of Lela Glenn, for which he was sentenced to the state prison. It is from the judgment of conviction and order denying motion for new trial, defendant appeals.

The information charged defendant in two counts, the first alleging assault with a deadly weapon upon one Wallis, a felony, in violation of section 245, Penal Code...

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