People v. Hope
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of conviction and from an order denying a new trial in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Freelon, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Sharpstein, J.:
The question presented by the first point in appellant’s brief, as we view it, does not differ materially from that upon which this Court passed in People v. Smith, 59 Cal. 365, and we are satisfied with the views therein expressed.
We do not think that the bare fact of a juror having visited, during the trial, the premises where it was alleged that the defendant had committed the crime of burglary, was a sufficient ground for discharging the jury. From the facts before us we are unable to see how the case of the defendant could possibly have been prejudiced thereby.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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