People v. Robbins

The district court of appeal of the first appellate district filed an opinion in this case, but this court ordered the transfer of the action, to the end that we might further consider the two questions: (1) Was the complaining witness an accomplice? And (2) If an accomplice, was he sufficiently corroborated?

The opinion of the learned district court of appeal was as follows:

“By the Court.—The defendant in this case was informed against and convicted of the infamous crime against nature, and thereafter sentenced to five years in the state prison The appeal is from the judgment and from an…