Legal Opinion
People v. Newton
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 29, 1970No. Crim. 7753PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RATTIGAN, J.
Huey P. Newton appeals from a judgment convicting him of voluntary manslaughter.
Count One of an indictment issued by the Alameda County Grand Jury in November 1967, charged defendant with the murder (Pen. Code, § 187) of John Frey; count Two, with assault with a deadly weapon upon the person of Herbert Heanes, knowing or having reasonable cause to know Heanes to be a peace officer engaged in the performance of his duties (Pen. Code, § 245b); count Three, with the kidnaping of Dell Ross. (Pen. Code, § 207.) The indictment also alleged that defendant had previously (in 1964)…
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