People v. Campanella

The defendant went on trial to a jury upon an information charging murder and was found guilty of the crime of manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was denied, and this appeal is taken from the judgment on the verdict and from the order denying a new trial.

A former conviction of the defendant of murder in the second degree was before this court on appeal, and the conviction was reversed because of errors in instructions, particularly those relating to defendant’s plea that the homicide was committed in self-defense. (People v. Campanella, 39 Cal. App. (2d) 384 [103 Pac. (2d) 193].) Upon…