People v. Brown

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

Joe Brown appeals from a judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of murder (Pen. Code, § 187) in the killing of a San Francisco bus driver. Brown and two alleged coperpetrators, Lewis and McFarland, were brought before the juvenile court upon allegations that they came within the court’s jurisdiction by reason of having committed the homicide. Before the jurisdictional hearing began, the probation officer indicated that, “if the allegations of the petition were found to be true, a motion would immediately be made to transfer [appellant and one other boy] to adult…