People v. Campanella

The district attorney filed an information against the defendant charging him with murder. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The action was tried before the trial court sitting with a jury. The district attorney conceded that the evidence did not disclose the crime of murder in the first degree, but contended it did disclose murder in the second degree. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with that contention. The defendant made a motion for a new trial which was denied. He has appealed from the judgment and from said order.

The defendant was living at 363 Page Street in San…