People v. Estrada

Defendant was charged with the crime of murder and a verdict was returned finding him guilty of the crime of manslaughter. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

It is first claimed that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict. The killing of Eduardo Murillo by appellant on the third day of July, 1921, in Clearwater, in the county of Los Angeles, was admitted, but appellant contends that upon all of the evidence but one conclusion can be drawn and that is that the act was done in necessary self-defense. Necessarily, as this court in its…