People v. McManis

Defendants and appellants were charged with and convicted by the court, sitting without a jury, of the crime of manslaughter (involuntary) under section 192 of the Penal Code. Both appealed from the judgment and order denying a new trial.

The evidence shows that about midnight on July 4, 1952, three youths, Richard Young, Henry Gonzales and Joe Harmer, were returning home from a café in Colton. Their course took them past a drive-in café located about two blocks from Young’s home. As they passed the drive-in, a group of boys, all strangers to them, many of whom had been drinking vodka and some…