Legal Opinion

People v. Beesly

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 9, 1931No. Docket No. 2143Published

1Opinion

The petition is largely a restatement of the argument presented in appellant's brief. The argument that no case has as yet been decided involving the sufficiency of an information charging the precise offense here involved is not at all persuasive. As to the case of People v. Horiuchi, 114 Cal.App. 415 [300 P. 457, 460], the statement quoted from the opinion in the petition that, "Such statement must be in ordinary and concise language and made in such manner as to enable a person of ordinary understanding to know what was intended. But, above all things, the charge must be so certain that a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re PeppersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  2. In Re LockettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  3. People v. HoriuchiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
  4. People v. Ah SumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892

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