People v. Stokes
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County, and from an order denying a new trial. B. V. Sargent, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, P. J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state-prison for a term of five years. This appeal is from the-judgment and from the order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
The claim urged by defendant’s counsel that the evidence-is insufficient to support the verdict is without merit. While the evidence shows that the defendant and the deceased had, prior to the homicide, been friends, and had been drinking heavily during the evening and night on which the homicide-occurred, and were both intoxicated, it further shows that the death was…
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