Cavallero

People v. Cavallero

Good Law
178 Cal. App. 2d 5·1960 Cal. App. LEXIS 2552·2 Cal. Rptr. 687
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 15, 1960Crim. No. 3019California3,719 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Schottky, J.

Defendant Dominic Steve Cavallero was charged by information with a violation of section 501 of the Vehicle Code (a felony), it being alleged that he “did willfully, unlawfully and feloniously drive a certain vehicle, to wit, an automobile, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and in an unlawful manner, proximately causing bodily injury to Michael Errington, a human being.’’ The jury returned the following verdict: “We, . . ., find the defendant, . . ., guilty of Violation of Section 502 of the California Vehicle Code, Driving While under the Influence of Liquor, a misdemeanor, a lesser offense included in that charged in the Information.’’

Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied, judgment was pronounced, and he has appealed from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment, but the principal ground upon which he relies for a reversal of the judgment and order is that a miscarriage of justice resulted from the admission into evidence of the blood-alcohol test; that the wrong done appellant was not cured by the subsequent striking out of said testimony and…

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