Zachar

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of a violation of Vehicle Code section 20001 (hit-and-run driving).

In an information filed in Los Angeles County July 20, 1962, the defendant was charged with driving an automobile which struck Jose Augustine Lewis and resulted in injury to such person, further with failing to stop and to give to Jose Lewis, or to any police officer at the scene of the accident, his name and address, the registration number of the vehicle which he was driving, the name of the owner of the vehicle, and further with failing to exhibit his operator’s license and neglecting to render all reasonable assistance to Jose Lewis, he being in need of assistance by reason of the injuries sustained in the accident. The defendant was arraigned on July 20, 1962, and trial was set for August 14, 1962. A jury trial was waived and defendant was found guilty as charged. Defendant’s application for probation was heard and sentence imposed on September 25, 1962. Defendant was sentenced to 90 days in jail, the sentence was suspended and defendant placed on probation for three years, a part of the terms being that he pay a fine of $350, obey all of the laws and comply…