People v. Gonzales

The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. In support of his appeal the defendant’s counsel urge that the verdict is contrary to the evidence, and that a new trial should have been granted because of newly discovered evidence.

This court cannot' interfere with the verdict of a jury, nor with the action of the court below in refusing a new trial, on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict, unless there was such a lack…