PEOPLE v. PIANGENTI

Docket No. 9623.

235 Cal.App.2d 850 (1965)

45 Cal. Rptr. 538

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES JOSEPH PIANGENTI, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Cullen, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Rose-Marie Gruenwald, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KAUS, J.

A jury convicted defendant of having violated section 23105 of the Vehicle Code.1 The facts were as follows: At about 2:20 a.m. on July 20, 1963, Officer McGuire of the Pasadena Police Department observed defendant driving a car quite erratically on Walnut Street. He turned on his red light and sounded the siren. Defendant, who had appeared to be slumped over the wheel of his car, jerked erect and pulled to a stop in the middle...

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