People v. Dennis
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth District, San Joaquin County. The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and moved for a new trial, one of the grounds for which was misconduct of one of the jurors. The motion was denied by the Court, and defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSprague, J.
The transcript in this case consists of two hundred and twelve legal cap manuscript pages, without an index or any reference to its contents attached thereto, nor do the points and brief of counsel for appellant make any intelligible reference to the page or pages of the transcript upon which matter objected to can be found. This mode of presenting transcripts in criminal cases imposes much labor upon this Court, and is in direct violation of our Buie 5. Counsel who bring cases here on appeal are expected to conform to our rules. ' The gross negligence of counsel for appellant in this case,…
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