People v. Germany

Opinion

BROWN (G. A.), P. J.

Elmo Germany, Jr., and Danny Robert Thomas were convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser included offense within the charged crime of murder. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 192, subd. 1.) On this appeal from the judgments they urge error regarding instructions on the element of intent in voluntary manslaughter and that self-defense was established as a matter of law. As to the appellant Thomas, who was represented by the City Attorney of Hanford, the court is faced with the additional question of whether People v. Rhodes (1974) 12 Cal.3d 180 [115 Cal.Rptr. 235,…