Legal Opinion

People v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1930No. Docket No. L.A. 11826PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.

This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent court and judge to enforce a judgment against the defendant Salvadore Maggio in an action (No. 1959) against him, charging manslaughter.

On the night of November 12, 1927, the defendant was returning in a truck to the Imperial Valley from Yuma, Arizona. About halfway between Yuma and Holtville the truck collided with a Ford ear which had been left partly on the paved portion of the highway. The driver of the Ford car had stopped it at that place for the purpose of repairing a tube. The impact knocked the driver of the Ford…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. MaggioCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  2. In Re Tung FongCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
  3. People v. RoseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. BalderasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. People v. HendricksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
  3. People v. RojasCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
  4. In Re PfeifferCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
  5. People v. AcostaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931

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