Legal Opinion

People v. Walker

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 23, 1939No. Crim. 1670PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPullen, P. J.

Defendant was charged and convicted of burglary, and has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

Prom the record it appears that defendant and his companions entered the premises of the complaining witness and took therefrom two slot machines.

Two questions are presented upon this appeal. The first point urged is that when the defendant entered the premises he had no knowledge of the slot machines, and therefore entered without any felonious intent, and secondly, that slot machines, being illegal and contraband, may not be the subject of burglary.

As to the first point, the question of intent…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. RosenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
  2. People v. SpencerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  3. People v. OdenwaldCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
  4. Commonwealth v. RourkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1852

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. Joseph B. DavisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
  2. People v. LoustaunauCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
  3. People v. MorelandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
  4. People v. Gbadebo-SodaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
  5. County of Butte v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009

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