PEOPLE v. GARDNER

Docket No. 13584.

52 Cal.App.3d 559 (1975)

125 Cal. Rptr. 186

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HERMAN GARDNER, Defendant and Appellant.

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

October 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John David Pound, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., and Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

DRAPER, P.J.

Admissibility of appellant's prior conviction of manslaughter was discussed out of the jury's presence well before appellant testified. The court ruled that the crime of manslaughter tended to show only violence, and not lack of honesty. (People v. Beagle, 6 Cal.3d 441 [99 Cal.Rptr. 313, 492 P.2d 1

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