People v. Lyons
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Fifth Judicial District, Tuolumne County.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
— The prisoners were convicted of murder in the first degree. In support of the prosecution the evidence of one "Wallace, an accomplice, was received. The district judge gave certain written instructions to the jury, and then asked the counsel for the prisoners if they wished any other charge, to which they replied in the negative. After the charge was given, and while the jury were in the act of retiring, the counsel for the prisoners excepted to the instructions given.
It is objected that the judge did not charge the jury that a conviction could “not be had upon testimony of an accomplice by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. MooreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1857