People v. Flores

Defendant appeals from a conviction by the court without a jury of having caused the death of a human being by his gross negligence in driving a vehicle. (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 3(a).) On this appeal he contends that the judgment is not supported in that there is no evidence of his having proceeded with excessive speed at the time of the accident.

The witness Morris testified that at about 8 p. m. on March 23, 1947, as he was driving westerly at about 30 miles an hour on East First Street in the city of Los Angeles and while at a distance of about 50 yards east of the intersection of Clarence…