PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. 11872.

249 Cal.App.2d 395 (1967)

57 Cal. Rptr. 508

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PAUL DAVID SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

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

March 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hanifin & Hanifin and Cletus J. Hanifin for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Walter R. Jones, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


ROTH, P.J.

Appellant was charged with first degree murder, tried by a jury and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to state prison with the recommendation that the Adult Authority consider a minimum sentence.

The victim, one Frank Leslie, was shot in the presence of Lemuel Haley and Carol Hennessey, both of whom, among others, were witnesses for the prosecution. Appellant, in addition to others, testified in his own behalf.

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