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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. Crim. 24471.

43 Cal.3d 818 (1987)

740 P.2d 419

239 Cal. Rptr. 307

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PAUL E. THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Randy Montesano, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, William D. Stein and Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorneys General, and Eugene W. Kaster, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondant.

OPINION

ARGUELLES, J.

We granted a hearing in this case to decide whether defendant's conviction of involuntary manslaughter violated his due process right to fair notice of the charges against him. Since we conclude the accusatory pleading afforded him adequate notice, we affirm.

FACTS

One evening in 1981, Danita R. was at a nightclub with her friend Valerie. They accepted a ride home with a man named Joe and victim...

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