Legal Opinion

People v. Sullivan

California Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 1901No. Crim. No. 622PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. S. P. Hall, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

—An information was filed against the defendant, charging him with the crime of burglary, and also including a prior conviction of the crime of murder in the second degree. Upon this information he was tried, and, after conviction, sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for the term of his natural life.

At the trial, the defendant, having exercised ten peremptory challenges, claimed the right to exercise ten more, which was refused by the court, and he now contends upon this appeal that, inasmuch as in case of his conviction he was liable to be sentenced for imprisonment for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. LoganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  2. People v. CloughCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. RalphCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  2. People v. ScottCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1914
  3. People v. ShawCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
  4. State v. SquierNevada Supreme Court · 1936
  5. People v. YatesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983

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