Legal Opinion

People v. Hartman

California Supreme Court

Decided August 12, 1881No. 10,535PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of conviction, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Rolfe, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court :

The appellant was indicted for the crime of grand larceny, and on the trial the District Attorney was permitted, against the objection of defendant, to introduce evidence tending to show that the defendant had at another time stolen other property than that described in the indictment. This was error. (Walker v. Commonwealth, 1 Leigh, 574; State v. Daubert, 42 Mo. 242; State v. Goetz, 34 Mo. 85.)

Judgment and order reversed.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. DaubertSupreme Court of Missouri · 1868
  2. Walker v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1829
  3. State v. GoetzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1863

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. EllisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  2. People v. CunninghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Williams v. CasebeerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  4. People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. People v. CarpenterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902

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