People v. Leddy

BURROUGHS, J., pro tem.

The defendant was accused by an information filed in the superior court of Santa Clara County with the crime of murder. He entered a plea of not guilty and upon a trial of the issue thus raised the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. He made a motion for a new trial, which was denied. The court thereupon sentenced him to life imprisonment in the state prison at San Quentin. From said order and judgment he appeals.

He contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict, and further…