PEOPLE v. LEWIS

Docket No. 16207.

1 Cal.App.3d 698 (1969)

81 Cal. Rptr. 900

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BERNARD WILLIAM LEWIS, Defendant and Respondent.

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

November 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Evelle J. Younger, District Attorney, Harry Wood and Robert J. Lord, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Cochran & Atkins and Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

LILLIE, J.

A complaint was filed charging defendant with murder (§ 187, Pen. Code); after the preliminary hearing the magistrate held defendant to answer on a charge of manslaughter (§ 192, Pen. Code). However, the district attorney thereafter filed an information charging defendant with murder. Pursuant to section 995, Penal Code, defendant moved to set aside the information. A reading of defense counsel's argument...

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