Legal Opinion

People v. Curry

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 29, 1961No. Crim. 1560PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtShepard, J.

Defendant was tried by a jury under an indictment for murder, and was convicted of murder, second degree. The appeal is from the verdict, the order denying the motion for a new trial, the judgment and the sentence. This will be treated as an appeal from the judgment and from the order denying motion for a new trial. (People v. Sweeney, 55 Cal.2d 27, 33 [9 Cal.Rptr. 793, 357 P.2d 1049]; People v. Gotham, 185 Cal.App.2d 47, 50 [1] [8 Cal.Rptr. 20] ; People v. Carlson, 177 Cal.App.2d 201, 207 [8] [2 Cal.Rptr. 117].)

Viewing the evidence, as we must, in the light most favorable to the verdict…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. People v. CarmenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. Nieto BenitezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Eddie Charles Spivey v. Theresa Rocha, Warden, California State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  3. Hampton v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
  4. People v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
  5. People v. RayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967

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