PEOPLE v. BAILEY

Docket No. Crim. 6744.

55 Cal.2d 514 (1961)

360 P.2d 39

11 Cal. Rptr. 543

THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. HELEN BAILEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Preble Stolz, Deputy Attorney General, Louis P. Bergna, District Attorney, and William P. Hoffman, Deputy District Attorney, for Appellant.

Peter Anello for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant was found guilty of grand theft in unlawfully taking $3,064 of the public moneys of Santa Clara County between July 1, 1956, and December 11, 1957. She made a motion for a new trial upon the grounds that "the facts in this particular case do not in fact constitute a crime" and that the court erred in instructing the jury. The judge granted the motion, and the People have appealed from the order. (Pen. Code, § 1238, subd. 3.)

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