PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. 7474.

193 Cal.App.2d 620 (1961)

14 Cal. Rptr. 512

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. J.T. THOMPSON, Appellant.

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

July 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender, J. Stanley Brill and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Vincent W Thorpe, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


ASHBURN, J.

Appeal from judgment rendered after nonjury trial and from order denying motion for new trial.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, an included offense under a charge of murder. Appellant argues that there could be no voluntary manslaughter because (1) there is no evidence of "sudden quarrel or heat of passion" (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 1); (2) the evidence is insufficient to warrant any finding of guilt; and (3) the court erred...

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