People v. Okada

GOULD, J., pro tem.

In 1935 the California state legislature added to the category of crimes a felony denominated “Negligent Homicide”, in these words: “When the death of any person ensues within one year as the proximate result of injuries caused by the driving of any vehicle in a negligent manner or in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to felony, the person so operating such vehicle shall be guilty of negligent homicide, a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison for not more than…