Legal Opinion

People v. Flynn

California Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 1887No. 20295PublishedCited by 49 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Belcher, C. C.—

The defendant was charged with the crime of burglary, committed on the third day of May, 1886, by breaking and entering the saloon of one Clement Dixon, in the city of San Francisco, with intent to commit larceny. He was tried and convicted of burglary of the first degree, and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for ten years. He moved for a new trial, and has appealed from the order denying his motion and from the judgment.

The appellant makes ten points for the reversal of the judgment, the first five of them relating to the evidence, which, it is claimed, did not justify'the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. SpragueCalifornia Supreme Court · 1879
  2. People v. TreadwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Sprague v. EdwardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
  4. People v. MarksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Hellman v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by49 opinions

  1. People v. FowlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  2. People v. MurphyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
  3. People v. RogersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  4. People v. GardnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  5. People v. LangCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904

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