Legal Opinion
People v. Bird
California Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 1931No. Docket No. Crim. 3411PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
The defendant was convicted of manslaughter. He appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion in arrest of judgment.
By a complaint filed in the municipal court of the city of Los Angeles, the defendant was charged with the crime of the murder, on November 26, 1929, of Pereival Graham Watson. After a preliminary examination the magistrate concluded that a felony had been committed, that there was reasonable cause to believe that the defendant had committed it, and held the defendant to answer in the superior court for the crime of manslaughter. In due time the district…
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