Legal Opinion
People v. Trippell
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 16, 1937No. Crim. 2969PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrail, P. J.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion after judgment to determine the sanity or insanity of defendant and to halt the punishment provided by the judgment until his sanity was restored. The motion was brought under section 1367 of the Penal Code, which reads: “A person cannot be tried, adjudged to punishment, or punished for a public offense, while he is insane.”
As long ago as the year 1934 the defendant, a former deputy district attorney, was accused by information of the crime of violation of section 288 of the Penal Code. He entered a plea of not guilty, but never a plea of not…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Nobles v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Ex Parte McGuireCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
- Ex parte WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- People v. TrippellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- In Re AhumadaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
3Cited by7 opinions
- In Re YoungCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
- People v. LoomisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- People v. RileyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- William R. Darey v. Dr. G. Lee Sandritter, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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