People v. Johnson

GOULD, J., pro tem.

Charged with murder, tried by a jury, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for new trial. Misconduct of the trial court and misconduct of the district attorney are the sole grounds advanced for reversal. •

When one of defendant’s witnesses under cross-examination was confronted with a transcript of his testimony as previously given at the coroner’s inquest and was asked concerning certain discrepancies between his story as told to the coroner and his story as told at the trial then in…