In this case we hold the prosecution's failure to disclose evidence material to defense cross-examination of eyewitnesses at a preliminary hearing entitles the defendant to have an element of the charged offense, gross negligence, stricken from the information, leaving the remaining charge as a misdemeanor.
Petitioner Josephine Stanton was initially charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter with gross...
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