Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 12, 1977No. Crim. 16181PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

SIMS, J.

Appellant has appealed from a judgment of imprisonment entered on jury verdicts which found her guilty of murder in the second degree, aggravated by the use of a firearm in the commission of the offense. The victim died from wounds inflicted by the appellant’s sister. She shot him with her own weapon in response to an appeal that she do so from the appellant. At the time the appellant was engaged in a struggle with the victim over her own weapon, which was never fired. The sister was acquitted, and the appellant contends that the verdict finding her guilty must be set aside…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. WashingtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  3. People v. DurhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  4. People v. GilbertCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  5. People v. AntickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. McCoyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
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  3. People v. HaysCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
  4. People v. ClaflinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
  5. People v. FrancoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994

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