Legal Opinion

People v. Headlee

California Supreme Court

Decided July 23, 1941No. Crim. 4349PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

In an information filed by the District Attorney of Los Angeles County, the defendant was charged with the commission of five distinct offenses. A jury trial resulted in his conviction and sentence on the three counts of kidnaping for purpose of robbery, robbery, and rape, the sentences thereon to run concurrently. The defendant was acquitted on two other counts charging another rape and grand theft. Upon this appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the three verdicts of conviction and the judgments based thereon.

It is not the function of appellate courts to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. Tom WooCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. People v. PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  3. People v. BraunCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  4. People v. TedescoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1934
  5. People v. NiinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. People v. ThorntonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  2. People v. WeinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  3. People v. MayberryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. People v. CaudilloCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
  5. People v. ColemanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942

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