People v. Moss

Defendant Quention Lavon Moss was tried by jury, convicted of murder in the first degree 1 and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal there is one assignment of error. He contends that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict of guilty.

About 5 p.m. on April 1, 1966, Gabrail Quasquargis, the proprietor of Jerry’s Market, was found dead in the store. An autopsy showed that he had been slashed and stabbed 36 times, once through the heart, allegedly with a butcher knife and possibly a meat cleaver found in the store. In June, 1966, the defendant was located in Los Angelos…