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People v. Doyell

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874No. 10,072PublishedCited by 104 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Tenth Judicial District, County of Sierra. The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder, in the killing of Alexander Black, on the 2d day of November, 1872. The indictment was found by the Grand Jury on the 19th day of March, 1873. The term of the County Court at which it was found, commenced on the second Monday in December, 1872. The Code of Civil Procedure was approved on the 11th day of March, 1872, and went into effect on the 1st…

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Appeal from the District Court, Tenth Judicial District, County of Sierra. The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder, in the killing of Alexander Black, on the 2d day of November, 1872. The indictment was found by the Grand Jury on the 19th day of March, 1873. The term of the County Court at which it was found, commenced on the second Monday in December, 1872. The Code of Civil Procedure was approved on the 11th day of March, 1872, and went into effect on the 1st day of January, 1873. When the cause was called for trial, the counsel for the defendant moved to dismiss the indictment,…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, McKinstry, J.:

1. On the 19th day of March, 1873, the defendant was indicted for the murder of Alexander Black.

*90The Grand Jury by whom the indictment was presented, was impaneled at the term of the County Court of Sierra County, which began on the second Monday of December, 1872. By the law then in "operation (Stats'. 1864, p. 41), there were held in the County of Sierra four terms of the County Court in each year, commencing on the third Monday of April, June and September, and second Monday of December. The Code of Civil Procedure, which went into operation on the 1st day of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. SanchezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  2. People v. BealobaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
  3. People v. HaunCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872
  4. People v. ForenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  5. People v. LongCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by104 opinions

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  3. People v. RamosCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
  4. People v. SatchellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
  5. People v. LaskoCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000

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