People v. Freeman

GRIFFIN, J., pro tem.

The defendant in this action was accused in an indictment by the grand jury of Riverside County of the crime of murder. The case was tried before the court without a jury, defendant having waived a jury trial. The trial court rendered a verdict of involuntary manslaughter. The charge grew out of a collision of appellant’s car' with a power pole. One of the occupants of the car, Anna Mae Helm, suffered a fractured skull and died as a result of the injury.

Appellant urges as his sole ground of appeal that the evidence does not support the verdict and judgment and is…