People v. Selby

The defendant, Norman Selby, was fliarged with the murder of one Theresa W. Moers in an indictment returned by the grand jury of the county of Los Angeles. To the charge the defendant pleaded not guilty and upon the trial he was convicted of the crime of manslaughter. A motion for a new trial was duly interposed on his behalf and denied; judgment of conviction was pronounced, whereupon he appealed from the said judgment and from the said order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant states in his brief that “In view of the conflict of evidence as to the cause and manner of deceased’s…