People v. Wilson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, San Benito County. The defendant was indicted for an assault with intent to commit a robbery, and convicted, and appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion. Murphy Shackelford & McPheters, for the Appellant, cited Wharton and Stiles’ Medical Jurisprudence, Secs. 262 to 266.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
Insanity of the defendant at the time of the commission of the alleged offense was one of the defenses relied upon at the trial. On this point the Court charged the jury: “You cannot acquit him on the ground of insanity, because a doubt may arise in your minds on the question. His insanity must be made to appear to you beyond a reasonable doubt.” Some of the authorities hold this to be the correct rule'; but in this State the contrary rule- has been settled by several decisions of this Court, the latest of which was in the case of the People v. McDonell (47 Cal. 134.) In that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. M'DonellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
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