Legal Opinion

People v. Huntington

California Court of Appeal

Decided August 13, 1908No. Crim. No. 138PublishedCited by 23 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. W. P. Lawlor, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtCooper, P. J.

The information charges the defendant with the crime of murder by the unlawful and felonious killing with malice aforethought of Jennie McKown on the twenty-seventh day of October, 1900, in the city and county of San Francisco. The case has formerly been before the supreme court. On the first trial the defendant was convicted of manslaughter, and on appeal the judgment was reversed upon the ground that the court erred in giving an instruction upon the subject of manslaughter, where the whole theory of the prosecution during the trial” was that defendant was guilty of murder in causing the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. McFarlaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. People v. GilmoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1854
  3. People v. MuhlnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
  4. State v. AlcornIdaho Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Peoples v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  2. People v. BurkeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1912
  3. People v. WrightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
  4. People v. TugwellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
  5. People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940

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