People v. Elder
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. Paul J. McCormick, Judge. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCraig, J.
This is an appeal taken from the judgment and sentence of life imprisonment based upon the jury’s verdict and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The motion was made upon all of the statutory grounds. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree; he having been found guilty of the homicide of his wife. It appears without conflict that on the twenty-second day of September, 1920, he shot her with a 32-caliber revolver. She died twelve days later as a result of the wounds thus inflicted. The defendant saw his wife and one Clemmons standing under a tree in front of his…
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