People v. Pfeffer

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 3(a)).

In an information filed on March 28, 1963, in Los Angeles County the defendant was charged with “... unlawfully ... and without malice, while engaged in the driving of a vehicle (on March 2, 1963) in the commission of a lawful act not amounting to a felony, with gross negligence” killing Margaret Ruth Mur ello, the death “being the proximate result of the driving of said vehicle by the said defendant at the time ...” Defendant pleaded not guilty, a jury trial was waived and by stipulation the cause…