Galli

People v. Galli

Good Law
1924 Cal. App. LEXIS 326·68 Cal. App. 682·230 P. 20
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 17, 1924Crim. No. 799.California798 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Plummer, J.

The defendant was tried and convicted upon an information charging him with the crime of unlawfully having in his possession, selling, furnishing, pedling, etc., a preparation of morphine, contrary to the provisions of the act of March 6, 1907, and the amendments thereto. From the order of the court denying his motion for a new trial and the judgment entered upon the verdict of guilty, the defendant appeals to this court. Only one point is stressed by the appellant in support of his contention that the judgment and order herein referred to should be reversed. It is that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the law concerning the testimony of accomplices and the necessity for the testimony of an accomplice to be corroborated. The instructions which were proposed by the defendant covering these points are indorsed by the trial judge as “refused, substance given elsewhere.” We have carefully read the instructions and fail to find any instructions covering the points mentioned. The instructions were all asked in relation to the testimony of the witness G. B. McDonald. This testimony, however, is set out in the transcript and, also, in appellant’s brief and shows…

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