People v. Castro

Appellant was charged with the murder of his wife, Gloria Castro, was tried by the court sitting without a jury, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to San Quentin prison for life. Upon this appeal it is contended that the judgment of conviction “should be either reversed or the degree of crime reduced from first degree murder to a lesser degree”, in other words, that the evidence is insufficient to warrant a judgment of first degree murder.

At the trial, appellant took the stand in his own defense and gave his version of the crime in terms almost identical with a…