Legal Opinion
People v. Feasby
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 9, 1960No. Crim. 6783PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VALLÉE, J.
A jury found defendant guilty of murder of the first degree and fixed the penalty as imprisonment for life. The trial court denied his motion for a new trial and sentenced him accordingly.
The victim was Charlotte Trosper, sometimes called 11 Sharlee.” Miss Trosper was 19 years old. She lived in Glendale; was 5 feet, 5 inches tall, and weighed 145 pounds. In the fall of 1958 defendant and Miss Trosper were keeping company.
About 12 -.30 p.m. on December 2,1958, Rolland Erickson, a motorist, saw the body of Miss Trosper in a clump of bushes at a point down a hill from an off-ramp on…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- People v. EggersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
- People v. ColeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Hatzakorzian v. Rucker-Fuller Desk Co.California Supreme Court · 1925
- People v. CoefieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Karnes v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Roland W. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Commonwealth v. DelValleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- People v. EdgmonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
- People v. LewisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
- People v. YuhasCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
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