People v. West
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Mendocino County and from an order refusing a new trial. J. Q. White, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
A rehearing in these cases was granted by this court and, upon further consideration, we have concluded that the judgment should be reversed and a new trial granted.
The defendants were convicted in the superior court of the crime of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. At the time of the homicide, November 28, 1913, they were inmates and patients at the Mendocino state hospital for the insane and deceased, at the time of his death, was also an inmate and. patient of said institution. Before the trial the defendants regularly moved the court that…
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