Can a defendant be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a non-jury trial for giving false statements to the police without a proper warning?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Martinez, 233 Cal.App.2d 251, 43 Cal.Rptr. 630 (Cal. App. 1965):
Defendant was charged with murder, and in a nonjury trial convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The sole issue before us arises out of the admission in evidence of defendant's statements given to the police without constitutional warning. (People v. Dorado, 62 A.C. 350, 42 Cal.Rptr. 169, 398 P.2d 361.
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