PEOPLE v. SOUTHACK

Docket No. Crim. 5321.

39 Cal.2d 578 (1952)

248 P.2d 12

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EUGENE BENTLY SOUTHACK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 25, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram H. Ross for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Stanford D. Herlick, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant was charged with murder, a jury found him guilty of manslaughter, and he appeals from the resulting judgment of conviction and from an order denying his motion for new trial. Defendant contends (1) that the giving of instructions concerning confessions and admissions was prejudicial error because there was no evidence that defendant made any confession or admission; (2) that if an extrajudicial admission of a party defendant is used as a prior...

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