People v. Leslie

Defendant Edward James Leslie was charged in the first count of an information with the murder of his daughter Susan (Pen. Code, § 187) and in a second count with assault with intent to commit murder (Pen. Code, § 217) committed upon the person of his wife Louella. A court, sitting without a jury, found him guilty on both counts, fixed the degree of murder under the first count as second degree (Pen. Code, §§ 189, 1192), and sentenced defendant to the state prison on each count, the sentences to run consecutively. He appeals from the judgment of conviction.

Defendant and his wife Louella (now…