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People v. Watts

California Supreme Court

Decided June 24, 1926No. Docket No. Crim. 2845PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINLAYSON, J.,

pro tem. — Defendant was charged with the murder of Wilfred Hey, alleged to have been committed in San Bernardino County on or about November 26, 1924. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty. The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial.

In the latter part of December, 1924, a body, that of a man who had been dead for some time, was found at a lonely spot on the desert in San Bernardino County. By its verdict the jury impliedly found that the body was that of Wilfred Hey; that he had been…

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  2. People v. PeeteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  3. People v. Tom WooCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  4. People v. DoleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  5. People v. FrankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. People v. ThomasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
  3. People v. McCoyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  4. People v. AlcaldeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  5. People v. HillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967

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