PEOPLE v. SAM

Docket No. Crim. 13094.

71 Cal.2d 194 (1969)

454 P.2d 700

77 Cal. Rptr. 804

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT SONNY SAM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, Richard W. Erskine, Clive Martin and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, A. Barry Cappello and Lawrence Keethe, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MOSK, J.

Following a plea of not guilty to a charge of murder, defendant Robert Sonny Sam was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter. He appeals that conviction.

On the evening of November 21, 1966, defendant was visiting his friend Vincent Michel, who lived in the same apartment building as defendant. He, Michel, the wife of Michel, and Jerry Martin, a friend, were talking and drinking together when Salvador Dominguez, a stranger to both Michel and...

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