People v. Faulke
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, and from an order denying a new trial. The following is the instruction given by the court and referred to in the opinion: “The defendant has been examined as a witness in his own behalf. It is his right to do so, and you will consider his testimony as you would that of any other witness examined before you.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, and from an order denying a new trial. The following is the instruction given by the court and referred to in the opinion: “The defendant has been examined as a witness in his own behalf. It is his right to do so, and you will consider his testimony as you would that of any other witness examined before you. It is proper, however, to suggest, and for you to bear in mind, the position of the defendant, the manner in which he will be affected by your verdict, and the very great interest he must feel in the result of this trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
—The appellant was convicted of grand larceny, and has appealed from the judgment and an order denying him a new trial. In the bill of exceptions there is assigned as error certain remarks claimed to have been made by the district attorney in his closing argument to the jury, outside of the evidence in the case, and prejudicial to the defendant, but as the bill of exceptions does not show, other than by these specifications, that the district attorney did, in fact, make such remarks, we cannot consider the inatter. Specifications of error are the act of the attorney, annexed to a bill of…
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