Legal Opinion
People v. Hall
California Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 1964No. Crim. No. 7963PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, C. J.
Defendant was charged by information with murder.1 (Pen. Code, § 187.) He waived a jury trial, and the court found him guilty of murder in the second degree. (Pen. Code, § 189.) He appeals from the judgment2 on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to support it.
Just before noon on Saturday, May 19, 1962, a resident of a one-story hotel in Los Angeles noticed blood at various points along the hallway. He pushed open the door of the kitchen used by all the residents of the hotel and, without entering, saw Ethel Mae Johnson lying in blood on the floor. He went to the porch and asked a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- People v. IngleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- People v. MaddoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by108 opinions
- People v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- People v. RedmondCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- People v. BassettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- People v. ReillyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
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