People v. Woods
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Humboldt County. The defendant was indicted for murder, and was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced. The defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sanderson, J.
It appears from the record in this case that as counsel for the defendant was about to commence the examination of persons called as jurors, touching their competency, the presiding Judge, of his own motion, ruled that the examination should be confined to the question : “ Whether a juror could or could not try the case and render a verdict under the law as declared by the Court and upon the evidence adduced upon the trial, without regard to any previously formed opinions to which ruling the counsel excepted.
The subsequent proceedings show that this rule was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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