PEOPLE v. TISCHMAN

Docket No. B089583.

35 Cal.App.4th 174 (1995)

40 Cal. Rptr.2d 650

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DAVID F. TISCHMAN, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

May 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Debbie Lew and Amy Jo Field, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Mitchell W. Egers and Arlyn M. Latin for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

The issue in this case is whether a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge (which by statute involves property damage only) is subject to disposition by way of a civil compromise. We hold that it is and thus decline to follow two appellate department decisions to the contrary, People v. McWhinney (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d Supp. 8...

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