People v. Martinez
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County and from an order denying a new trial. Benjamin P. Bledsoe, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
By information filed by the district attorney defendant was charged with the crime of murder. Upon trial therefor he was convicted of murder in the second degree, the judgment of the court being that he be imprisoned in the state prison at Folsom for a term of thirty years. From this judgment, and an order denying his motion for a new trial, he prosecutes this appeal.
The evidence upon which defendant was convicted was of an entirely circumstantial nature. The court, following the elementary rule that where such evidence is relied upon to establish the guilt of the accused it should be…
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