Opinion

People v. Brown

  • 59 Cal. 345
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Jul 15, 1881
Status
Published
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 25.9%

The opinion

The Court:

Defendant was convicted in the Superior Court of Mendocino County of the crime of murder in the first degree, and on this appeal complains of the following instruction given to the jury by the Court below:

“You are not legally bound to acquit him because you may not be entirely satisfied that the defendant and no other person committed the alleged offense.”

The foregoing instruction was erroneous. (The People v. Kerrick, 52 Cal. 446 , and cases therein referred to.)

Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered.

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