People v. Lloyd

WORKS, P, J.

Defendant was charged with the crime of manslaughter and was convicted. He appeals from the judgment and from an order of the trial court denying his motion for a new trial.

The killing which led to appellant’s conviction was involuntary. The catastrophe occurred at about 10 o’clock at night. Immediately preceding the tragic event appellant, along with a large number of other drivers of automobiles, was held on Wilshire Boulevard, in the city of Los Angeles, at the easterly line of Western Avenue, by the automatic traffic signals maintained at the intersection. As the assembled…