Opinion

People v. Preston

  • 9 Cal. 3d 308
  • 107 Cal. Rptr. 300
  • 508 P.2d 300
  • 1973 Cal. LEXIS 192
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Apr 5, 1973
Status
Published
Author
McCOMB
On the bench
McComb
Cited by
87 cases
Authority
More cited than 5.9%

when there is evidence upon which the jury could find the defendant guilty of the lesser offense

How later courts described this case

  • when there is evidence upon which the jury could find the defendant guilty of the lesser offense

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

McCOMB, J.

I concur in the majority opinion, except that, for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628, 657 [ 100 Cal.Rptr. 152 , 493 P.2d 880 ], I dissent from the modification of the judgment.

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