PEOPLE v. MYERS

Docket No. F025758.

61 Cal.App.4th 328 (1998)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS MYERS, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

February 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James T. Wilson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Shirley A. Nelson and Laura I. Heidt, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BUCKLEY, J.

This case arose under unusual and tragic circumstances. During a relatively minor confrontation between Thomas Myers, Jr., and George Staley, Staley fell to the ground and struck his head on the concrete pavement. The impact fractured his skull and left him with serious and permanent neurological injuries. There was conflicting testimony about what caused Staley to fall. On the theory that Myers attacked Staley...

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