PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. Crim. 18028.

13 Cal.3d 559 (1975)

531 P.2d 778

119 Cal. Rptr. 210

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEOLA WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ruth Ohanessian, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Howard J. Schwab, Juliet H. Swoboda and Beverly K. Falk, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

Defendant appeals from judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting her of involuntary manslaughter. (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 2.) We affirm the judgment.

After living together for two years, Elijah Turner decided one evening to leave defendant. When Elijah's brother Aubrey, defendant's sister Viola and Viola's boyfriend David arrived to help Elijah move, defendant told them to leave so that she could...

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