Legal Opinion
People v. Helms
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 25, 1966No. Crim. 10817PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaus, J.
Defendants Helms and Lyons were each charged with burglary, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. A jury convicted both of burglary and robbery but only Helms weis found guilty of the assault charged. The victim of the crimes was one Nelson Heindl.
On appeal the sufficiency of the evidence is not questioned except with respect to the assault count, where it is claimed that a pillow cannot be a “deadly weapon.” The case was tried November 1964, after the Supreme Court had granted a rehearing following its first decision in People v. Dorado, 62 Cal.2d 338 [42 Cal.Rptr. 169, 398 P.2d 361],…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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