Sandoval v. People

Plaintiff in error, Pete Sandoval, hereinafter designated defendant, was convicted of the crime of murder of the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He brings the case here for review alleging points of error which we consider under: (1) The evidence was insufficient to support a conviction of murder of the first degree; (2) the verdict was based upon false and perjured testimony; and (3) the court erred in refusing to give defendant’s tendered instructions.

The record discloses that about 4:30 o’clock on the afternoon of April 16, 1946, defendant arrived at a tavern in…