People v. Webber
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County and from an order denying a new trial. George E. Church, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
The defendant was charged by information with the' crime of murder. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
The testimony in this case introduced on behalf of the defendant tended to show that the deceased was the aggressor and made an unlawful assault upon the defendant of such a character as to put him as a reasonable man in fear of his life^or of great bodily harm. The jury should, therefore, have been instructed as requested that if they believed this evidence…
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