People v. Dowell

Defendant and one Eugene Gentile were jointly charged by information with the murder of John J. Driscoll, a police officer of the city and county of San Francisco. A joint trial was had which resulted in a verdict convicting defendant of murder in the first degree without recommendation. A motion for new trial and also in arrest of judgment was made and denied and judgment imposing the extreme penalty was pronounced. This appeal is from the judgment and the orders denying said motions. But a brief review of the evidence will be made in view of the fact that its sufficiency to support the…