State v. Cadotte

The defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying him a new trial. (Penal Code 1895, § 2272.) Counsel for appellant, who was appointed by the district court, also appeared in this court, and argued the appeal. He has conscientiously presented such matters as appeared to him to be worthy of consideration. There is, indeed, but little in the appeal that merits serious attention, but the gravity of the offense is perhaps a reason for treating to some extent the questions which appellant’s counsel has called to our…