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PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

Docket No. Crim. 23821.

39 Cal.3d 107 (1985)

702 P.2d 555

216 Cal. Rptr. 397

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DENNIS WILLIAM EDWARDS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard Power, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, John W. Carney and Jay M. Bloom, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Michael D. Bradbury, District Attorney (Ventura), Vincent J. O'Neill, Jr., Chief Assistant Deputy District Attorney, and Marcia C. Levine, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

GRODIN, J.

Defendant Dennis William Edwards appeals from convictions of furnishing and/or administering heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352) and second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) following the accidental and fatal heroin overdose of his girlfriend, Victoria Rogers. At the close of trial, defendant requested that the jury be instructed on involuntary manslaughter. The trial court, believing there was insufficient...

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