California Court of Appeal

Defendant's conviction for recklessly starting a fire that caused the deaths of firefighter pilots is affirmed over his claim that the jury instructions precluded the jury from properly determining whether his conduct proximately caused the death of the pilots.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/02/2005
• Published 06/02/2005

Judges

• POLLAK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen B. Bedrick, Oakland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Franklin Neal Brady., Candace Hale, Sausalito, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Richard Carkeek Mortensen., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, William Kuimelis, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.