Legal Opinion

People v. Stanley

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 10, 1917No. Crim. No. 668PublishedCited by 33 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. George H. Cabaniss, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtRichards, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the defendant upon the charge of omitting to provide for an illegitimate child, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The first contention urged by the appellant is that the offense of which he was convicted is barred by the provision of section 801 of the Penal Code. The argument in support of this contention is based upon the facts that the statute under which this prosecution was had went into effect on August 8, 1915; that the child was born March 25, 1915, and that the defendant’s omission to provide for it began at the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Reagan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Smith v. BrennanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
  2. MATTER OF UNITED PRESS ASSNS. v. ValenteNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Amann v. FaidyIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Wright v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  5. United States v. SorrentinoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949

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