Legal Opinion
People v. Tagawa
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 20, 1940No. Crim. No. 1720Published
1Opinion of the CourtPullen, P. J.
In an opinion affirming an order granting a new trial (People v. Tagawa, 35 Cal. App. (2d) 14 [94 Pac. (2d) 354]) the facts in this case are fully set forth, and it is not necessary to repeat them again.
The matter is now before us on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree with punishment fixed at life imprisonment.
The principal grounds for reversal as urged by appellant seem to be the insufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment, that the court erred in admitting in evidence a certain account book, and also erred in an instruction to the jury.
Two…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. DobbinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Chan Kiu Sing v. GordonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Montgomery & Mullen Lumber Co. v. Ocean Park Scenic Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1916
- People v. TagawaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939