Legal Opinion
People v. Goodspeed
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 4, 1972No. Crim. 4455PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COUGHLIN, J. *
Defendant was charged, by indictment, with the offense of murder; was tried by a jury; was convicted of manslaughter, an included offense; and appeals. Two codefendants, Jimmy Monk and Gary Bowers, also were charged with murder; entered pleas of guilty to murder in the second degree under a plea bargain whereby they agreed to and did testify in the trial of defendant, Monk being called as a witness by the prosecution and Bowers being called as a witness by defendant.
The victim of the homicide was Olga Acosta who was known as Billie Jo. The killing occurred in the latter…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by16 opinions
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