People v. Staples
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. William G. Snyder, A. Caminetti, and William J. McGee, for Appellant. The court erred in not allowing the plea to be withdrawn and a motion made to set aside the indictment upon the statutory grounds. (Pen.
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The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. William G. Snyder, A. Caminetti, and William J. McGee, for Appellant. The court erred in not allowing the plea to be withdrawn and a motion made to set aside the indictment upon the statutory grounds. (Pen. Code, secs. 995 (subds. 2, 4), 996; People v. Geiger, 49 Cal. 643; People v. Turner, 39 Cal. 370; People v. Warner, 147 Cal. 546, 82 Pac. 196; People v. Vallarini, 66 Cal. 230, 5 Pac. 154.) The court erred in not changing venue. (People v. Yoakum, 53 Cal. 566, 571; People v. Vincent, 95 Cal. 428, 30 Pac. 581; People v. Elliott, 80 Cal. 296,…
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife in Amador County, convicted, sentenced to death, and appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial. Many grounds are urged for a reversal, but it is mainly insisted that the verdict of the jury was not warranted from the evidence.
Before we approach the consideration of this claim, however, it is necessary to dispose of other points raised by defendant prior to the actual trial, which were ruled on adversely to him, and upon which he predicates error. These points are that the court erred in refusing to grant the…
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