PEOPLE v. DEWBERRY

Docket No. Crim. 6335.

51 Cal.2d 548 (1959)

334 P.2d 852

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN DEWBERRY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladstein, Andersen, Leonard & Sibbett, George R. Andersen and Norman Leonard for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder and of a violation of section 12021 of the Penal Code (possession of a pistol by an ex-convict). He also appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial. He contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict and that the refusal to give certain requested instructions was...

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