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PEOPLE v. MORTENSON

Docket No. 10759.

241 Cal.App.2d 137 (1966)

50 Cal. Rptr. 269

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GEORGE DENNIS MORTENSON, Defendant and Respondent.

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

March 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Woodruff J. Deem, District Attorney, Edwin M. Osborne and Kenneth W. Graham, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Heily & Blase and DeWitt F. Blase for Defendant and Respondent.

HERNDON, J.

The People appeal from the order granting defendant a new trial following the verdict of a jury that he was guilty of a felony manslaughter in the driving of a motor vehicle. (Pen. Code, § 192.3, subd. (a).)

No useful purpose would be served by setting forth the evidence in detail. It is sufficient to state that, although circumstantial in character, it was abundantly sufficient to sustain the jury's verdict.

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