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People v. Amaya

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 5, 1941No. Crim. 3412PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.

Appellant was convicted after trial by jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to the state penitentiary at San Quentin for the term prescribed by law. This appeal is from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Viewing the evidence most favorably to the prosecution (People v. Dukes, 90 Cal. App. 657, 659 [266 Pac. 558]), the facts in the instant ease are:

About 9 o’clock in the evening of April 26, 1940, Mariano Carillo was observed standing at the front of a billiard parlor in the city of Los Angeles. Shortly thereafter appellant entered the billiard…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. DukesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  2. Beecham v. BurnsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
  3. People v. Lee FatCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  4. People v. MillerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. KimbleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  2. People v. SicaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
  3. People v. GardnerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
  4. People v. TurnerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  5. People v. GoldbergCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957

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