People v. McNabb
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yuba County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
Appellant was tried on a charge of murder, and convicted of manslaughter. He appeals from the judgment, and his contention here is that the court erred in its charge of the jury. The alleged error consists in the reading by the court of the opinion of this court in People v. Munn, 65 Cal. 211, and stating tó th-e jury that that case “was in many respects like the one at bar.”
Whether this statement was correct, we have not the means of verifying, as the evidence is not before us.
In the case of People v. Munn, the appellant had been *420convicted of murder in the second degree, and this court held…
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