People v. Collins

68 Cal.2d 319 (1968)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

MALCOLM RICARDO COLLINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Crim. No. 11176.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Mar. 11, 1968.

Rex K. DeGeorge, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Nicholas C. Yost, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

SULLIVAN, J.

We deal here with the novel question whether evidence of mathematical probability has been properly introduced and used by the prosecution in a criminal case. While we…