Legal Opinion
People v. Stevens
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 17, 1926No. Docket No. 1315PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWorks, J.
Defendants were charged with a conspiracy to kidnap Mary Fairbanks, known also as Mary Pickford. Defendant Wood was acquitted. Defendants Stevens and Holcomb were convicted. The convicted defendants appeal from the judgment and from an order of the trial court denying their motion for a new trial.
After charging the formation of the conspiracy the indictment set forth the ' following allegation, as an averment of one of the overt acts relied upon for a conviction: That “in pursuance of such conspiracy, the defendants did, on or about the • 5th day of May, 1925, cause the said Adrian J. Wood to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jelke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1918
- Maguire v. CunninghamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
- Stockton Combined Harvester & Agricultural Works v. Glens Falls Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
- Jenkins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- People v. GeorgeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
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3Cited by31 opinions
- People v. GriffinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
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- People v. GilbertCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- People v. PerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- People v. YantCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
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