PEOPLE v. VILLEGAS

Docket Nos. 18776, 37280.

14 Cal.App.3d 700 (1971)

92 Cal. Rptr. 663

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TOMAS VILLEGAS, JR., Defendant and Respondent. THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; TOMAS VILLEGAS, JR., Real Party in Interest. (Consolidated Cases.)

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

January 26, 1971.


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 Harry B. Sondheim, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant and for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, William Rasmussen and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent and for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

KAUS, P.J.

Charged with murder, defendant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The facts indicated that he killed a rival for the affections of his girl friend. The weapon was a screwdriver.

After the court found defendant guilty, he applied for probation. The probation report was apparently favorable in that it disclosed no prior record. At the probation hearing...

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