Legal Opinion

People v. Rogers

California Supreme Court

Decided August 7, 1912No. Crim. No. 1737PublishedCited by 69 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, from an order refusing a new trial, and from an order denying a motion in arrest of judgment. Frank R. Willis, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. W. D. Cardwell, Eugene G. Strickler, and D. F. Conway, for Appellant.

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APPEAL from a judgment of the. Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, from an order refusing a new trial, and from an order denying a motion in arrest of judgment. Frank R. Willis, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. W. D. Cardwell, Eugene G. Strickler, and D. F. Conway, for Appellant. U. S. Webb, Attorney-General, John H. Riordan, Deputy Attorney-General, C. M. Fickert, District Attorney, and J ames F. Brennan, Assistant District Attorney, for Respondent.

1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.

The defendant was charged by information filed in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco on January 4, 1912, with the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed on November 18, 1911, in willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought killing one Benjamin A. Goodman, a human being. Having entered a plea of not guilty, his trial resulted in a verdict of the jury finding him guilty of murder in the first degree, without recommendation. On March 16, 1912, judgment of death was pronounced. This is an appeal by defendant from such judgment and from the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  5. State v. MillerOregon Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by69 opinions

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