People v. McRoberts
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County and from an order denying a new trial. E. E. Gad-dis, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
Defendant was tried on an information charging him with the murder of one John Murphy and was convicted of murder in the second degree. Defendant appeals from the judgment.
There is no claim made that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict. The grounds of appeal,urged in defendant's brief are misconduct of the district attorney in his address to the jury, and that certain instructions given the jury by the court were erroneous statements of the law and prejudicial to defendant.
1. The district attorney, apparently in reply to some comments of defendant’s attorney during his…
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