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People v. Hill

California Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1898No. Crim. No. 417PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno county and from an order denying a new trial. J. R. Webb, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFARLAND, J.

The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to a life imprisonment in the state prison. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial. The appellant is a youth, and at the time of the homicide upon which the charge of murder was based he was only eighteen years and some months old. The homicide occurred on a road about a mile and a half from a resort known as the Fresno Hot Springs, at which place there was a hotel, saloon, croquet ground, et cetera. About 9 o’clock in the evening of June 27, 1897, the appellant left said springs in a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. San Diego Land & Town Co. v. NealeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  2. People v. KingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  3. People v. BruggyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  4. People v. LaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  5. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. BakerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1949
  3. Rascon v. State of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1936
  4. State v. Plenty HorseSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
  5. People v. CoyneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949

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