People v. Rhodes
California Court of Appeal
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and has appealed from the judgment without bringing up any testimony. The appeal is before us upon the record provided for by section 1246 of the Penal Code only.
The first point urged for a reversal is that the court erred in refusing to give instructions, requested by defendant, upon the question of manslaughter.
Unless there was evidence before the jury tending to prove a case of manslaughter, it was not error to refuse to give any instruction upon that subject. (People v. Byrnes, 30 Cal. 207; People v. Lee Gam, 69 Cal. 552; People v.…
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