[Download] "People V. Speaks" by District Court of Appeal of California ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Speaks
- Author : District Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 11, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
Defendant Lynn Speaks was accused by information of the crime of manslaughter in that on February 22, 1957, she unlawfully, without malice, killed Allen Buck.*fn1 She was tried by the court sitting without a jury. On stipulation the cause was submitted on the evidence taken at the preliminary examination and that two police officers would testify that the deceased's reputation in Santa Barbara for violence and aggressiveness while intoxicated was bad. After the court had read the transcript of the preliminary, on motion of defendant the cause was reopened with the understanding that the People had the right of rebuttal. Defendant was