PEOPLE v. DeSPENZA

Docket No. 8071.

203 Cal.App.2d 283 (1962)

21 Cal. Rptr. 275

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES VINCENT DeSPENZA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

May 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Higgins, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and George J. Roth, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


LILLIE, J.

Defendant was charged with manslaughter in violation of section 192, Penal Code, a felony; gross negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle was alleged. The trial court found him to be negligent, "the negligence not being of a gross variety"; adjudged him guilty of manslaughter, a misdemeanor (§ 192, subd. 3(b)); and placed him on probation. Defendant appeals from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial.

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