Legal Opinion

People v. Tom Woo

California Supreme Court

Decided October 1, 1919No. Crim. No. 2247PublishedCited by 124 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Colusa County, and from an order denying a new trial. E'rnest Weyand, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.

The defendants were charged with the murder of one Ah Moy on August 29, 1917, near the town of Grimes, in Colusa County. They were jointly tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, with the punishment fixed at life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial was interposed and denied, whereupon the court pronounced judgment and sentence in accordance with the verdict. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order denying the motion for a new trial.

The judgment and order were reversed by the district court • of appeal for the third appellate district, on the ground of the…

2Cited by124 opinions

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