Legal Opinion
People v. Horrigan
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 14, 1967No. Crim. 2547PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCABE, P. J.
We have concluded that the admission of evidence of other offenses was not error requiring reversal and the court is not required to give CALJIC 51 (revised), sua sponte.
About midnight, October 17, 1965, Steve Jackson, an employee of “Jack-In-The-Box,” a food dispensing establishment on South Manchester Avenue, County of Orange, was robbed by defendant of $222 at gun point. Defendant was charged and convicted of the crime.
Evidence of other offenses with similar surrounding factors to the charged crime was admitted without objection by defendant. Unless there be an objection by defendant there…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by18 opinions
- People v. GardnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. HamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- State v. KimballSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- People v. BradyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- People v. BradyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
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