Legal Opinion
People v. Keefer
California Supreme Court
Decided May 12, 1884No. 10,926PublishedCited by 50 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Butte County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The defendant was convicted of murder of the second degree. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMc Kinstry, J.
—Counsel for defendant asked the court to ■ charge the jury:—
“If you believe from the evidence that the defendant James Keefer was not present when the Chinaman Lee Yuen was killed by Chapman, and did not aid and abet in the killing, and that defendant, at the time or prior to the killing, had not conspired with Chapman to commit the act, and that he had not advised and encouraged Chapman therein, and that the killing was not done in pursuance of any conspiracy between this defendant' and Chapman to rob said Chinaman, and that this defendant only assisted in throwing the dead body of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. DoyellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- People v. HaunCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by50 opinions
- People v. DillonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
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