People v. Coyne

By an information the appellant was accused of murder, in that on December 19, 1947, in Santa Clara county he did “willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder Raymond Coyne. ’ ’ Incidentally, he was charged with carrying a deadly weapon, a .25 caliber Colt automatic pistol, without a license. He pleaded not guilty.

He was tried by jury and a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree was returned, fixing the punishment as confinement in the state prison for life. Incidentally, the jury found that appellant was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of…