Opinion

People v. Lisenba

  • 14 Cal. 2d 403
  • 94 P.2d 569
  • 1939 Cal. LEXIS 350
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Oct 5, 1939
Status
Published
Author
Curtis
On the bench
Curtis
Cited by
69 cases

prior crime admissible to show general criminal plan and absence of accident

How later courts described this case

  • prior crime admissible to show general criminal plan and absence of accident

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

CURTIS, J., Dissenting.

I dissent for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion filed in this action at the time of the rendition of the former opinion. This dissent is set out in full in volume 89 (2d) of the Pacific Reporter at pages 54 to 108 thereof. (People v. Lisenba.)

Houser, J., concurred.

Rehearing denied. Curtis, J., and Houser, J., voted for a rehearing. Carter, J., did not participate.

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