PEOPLE v. KESSLER

Docket No. 5984.

257 Cal.App.2d 812 (1968)

65 Cal. Rptr. 248

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM GENE KESSLER, Defendant and Appellant.

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

January 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Hawk for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, John T. Murphy and Karl S. Mayer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MOLINARI, J.

On this appeal by defendant from a judgment of conviction of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245), the sole contention is that the evidence did not warrant the giving of an instruction on flight.1 The pertinent facts follow.

At about 1 a.m. Karen May Lasseter who had had several drinks at several bars, was walking to her home after leaving the Pix Patio Bar in Concord. The driver of a black Ford yelled...

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