People v. Miller
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Richards, Carrier & Heaney, John W. Heaney, and W. G. Gammill, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, C. J.
The defendant, charged with murder in the unlawful killing of one Clarence A. Baker, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and adjudged to suffer death. We have an appeal by him from the judgment.
The only defense was that defendant was insane at the time he killed the deceased. The court correctly instructed the jury, in substance, in view of the settled law of this state, that while it was essential to a conviction that the guilt of the defendant be established to their satisfaction beyond all reasonable doubt except on the single question of insanity, that as to insanity the burden…
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