People v. Woods
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. Carroll Cook, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
The appellant, jointly with five others, was indicted for the murder of Eugene C. Robinson, a police officer of San Francisco. Upon a separate, trial he was convicted of murder of the first degree and sentenced to death. His appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The principal direct evidence against the appellant was the testimony of William Henderson, one of the six defendants charged with the murder, who stated that he, Goueher, Kauffman, Kennedy, Courtney, and the appellant had formed a plan to rob the safe at Cypress Lawn Cemetery; that they had…
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