Legal Opinion

People v. Bonilla

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1869PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First District, County of Santa Barbara. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSanderson, J.

The defendant was tried upon an indictment for murder in September, 1868, and convicted of murder in the first degree. The indictment charged that the homicide was committed “ with premeditation and with malice aforethought,” and the Court refused to give the following instruction : “In order to convict the defendant of murder in the first degree, under an indictment which alleges a premeditated design to effect the *700death of the person killed, the premeditated design or express malice must be proved, although the act be also charged to have been done with malice aforethought. ”

A motion for a…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hogan v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  2. People v. BergCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
  3. Iron Bear v. JonesNebraska Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Oriemon v. Territory of HawaiiHawaii Supreme Court · 1901
  5. People v. SchmidtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883

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