Damazoni

People v. Damazoni

Good Law
1924 Cal. App. LEXIS 622·65 Cal. App. 252·223 P. 1003
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 12, 1924Crim. No. 734.California1,190 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Hart, J.

The information, following in that respect the complaint filed with the magistrate, was originally in two counts, the first charging that the defendant, on or about the seventh day of March, 1923, in the county of Napa, did willfully and unlawfully sell and furnish to one Prank Martinetti intoxicating liquor containing one-half of one per centum or more of alcohol by volume, etc., and the second likewise charging said defendant with selling and furnishing to Gussie Johnson and Evon Thiel like liquor, conJtaining one-half of one per centum or more of alcohol by volume, etc. Upon his arraignment, and after a futile motion to set aside the first count of the information, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty to each of the counts set up in the information. When the case was called for trial the court, upon motion of the district attorney, and with the express acquiescence of the attorney for the defendant, set aside the second count of the information. Thereupon the attorney for the defendant asked that the defendant be permitted to withdraw his plea of not guilty theretofore entered by him to the information, and the request was granted. The defendant then made a motion to set…

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