Legal Opinion
People v. Banks
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 20, 1966No. Crim. 247PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence (Pen. Code, § 1237, subd. 1) of second degree murder, after a trial by jury.
About 5:30 p.m. on July 31, 1964, appellant was sitting on the curb in front of the stairway entrance to a second-floor hotel in the “West End” of Sacramento. James Banson, Jr., emerged from the hotel entrance, crossed the sidewalk, and struck appellant on the back of the head with a stick. The stick broke and Banson turned and ran up the hotel steps, pursued by appellant, knife in hand. At about the fifth stair from the top, appellant turned, ran down the stairs and out…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. CarswellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- People v. RedstonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- People v. CavazosCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by19 opinions
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