People v. Strickland

Opinion

McCOMB, J.

Defendant, charged with murder, was, after a jury trial, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. A hearing was granted by this court after decision by the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two,-for the purpose of giving further study to the issues involved, particularly the problem of whether the trial court correctly determined that section 12022.5 of the Penal Code, requiring additional punishment for a defendant convicted of certain enumerated felonies if he used a firearm in the commission of the offense, was applicable to defendant.

After such study, we…