Legal Opinion

People v. Fong Sing

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 24, 1918No. Crim. No. 435PublishedCited by 22 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. D. M. Young, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant and two other Chinese, Charlie Suey and Sam Mie, were jointly charged by information filed in the superior court of San Joaquin County with the crime of murder in the alleged willful, deliberate, and malicious killing of a fellow-countryman named Ching Sing. The defendant was given a separate trial and the jury convicted him of murder of the first degree, fixing his punishment, however, at imprisonment for life. He has brought the case to this court on appeals from the judgment and the order denying him a new trial.

The homicide occurred in the city of Stockton, in the county…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. MortensenUtah Supreme Court · 1903
  2. State v. HowardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1859
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  4. State v. DickinsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
  5. State v. PowerWashington Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  5. People v. PantagesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931

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