Legal Opinion

People v. Collins

California Supreme Court

Decided January 5, 1895No. 21129PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a motion for a new trial and an order denying a motion in arrest of judgment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree. His motions for a new trial and in *508arrest of judgment, respectively, were denied, and he was duly sentenced to be hanged. He now appeals from the said judgment and the orders denying said motions.

The first question presented goes to the sufficiency of the information. The information charges the defendant with a felony, “to wit: Murder, committed as follows: The said Patrick J. Collins, on the ninth day of October, A. d. 1893, at the said city and county of San Francisco, state of California, did then and there willfully," etc.,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. People v. Wong WangCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. People v. ArceoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
  4. People v. WellsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. People v. RiserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. People v. DaughertyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. State v. FouquetteNevada Supreme Court · 1950
  4. People v. HoytCalifornia Supreme Court · 2020
  5. People v. AmayaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901

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