Finley v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of § 246 of the Penal Code of the State of California, are stated in the opinion. While the law with reference to classification within the constitutional meaning is well settled, the application thereof gives rise to question.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of § 246 of the Penal Code of the State of California, are stated in the opinion. While the law with reference to classification within the constitutional meaning is well settled, the application thereof gives rise to question. Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U. S. 356; Barbier v. Connolly, 113 U. S. 27; Board of Education v. Alliance Assurance. Co., 159 Fed. Rep. 994. It is necessary to ascertain the reason and purpose of the statute to…
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion, by direction of the court,
by Mr. Justice McKenna.
Section 246 of the Penal Code of the State of California provides as follows: “Every person- undergoing a life sentence in a state prison of this State, who, with malice aforethought, commits an assault upon the person- of another with a deadly weapon or instrument, or by any means or force likely to produce great bodily injury, is' punishable with death.”
Plaintiff in error was indicted under this section, tried, found guilty and the death penalty imposed. To the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State affirming the…
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