Legal Opinion

People v. Brown

California Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1888No. 20399PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tulare County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals from the judgment and order denying a new trial.

The case was here on a former appeal (72 Cal. 390), when the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and the judgment was reversed on a point which did not arise upon the second trial.

*5741. The witness Mrs. Clark was allowed, against dofendant’s objection, to testify to a quarrel between the defendant and the deceased, and threats made by the former against the latter.

The ground of the objection was, mainly, that the quarrel testified to happened several years…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. O'BrienCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  2. People v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. MerkourisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. People v. MullingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  3. People v. ChavesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  4. People v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  5. People v. Ho Kim YouCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1914

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