People v. Duck Wong

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

Defendant appeals from an order granting probation following his conviction of vehicular manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 3(a)) and of willfully leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid (Veh. Code, § 20001). Among other contentions, we consider whether police interrogation of a suspect properly may occur, during the preinformation or preindictment stage of the proceedings, without first notifying, and obtaining the consent of, the suspect’s counsel. (See People v. Isby (1968) 267 Cal.App.2d 484 [73 Cal.Rptr. 294]; cf. Massiah v. United States (1964) 377…