[Download] "People V. Spreckels" by Fourth Appellate District District Court Of Appeal Of California ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Spreckels
- Author : Fourth Appellate District District Court Of Appeal Of California
- Release Date : January 25, 1954
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
Description
Defendant was charged with the crime of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, a felony (Pen. Code, § 245), committed upon Kay Williams Spreckels on or about August 20, 1953. A jury trial was had which resulted in a verdict finding the defendant "Guilty of the crime of Misdemeanor, to wit, Simple Assault, a lesser offense necessarily included within the crime charged." Defendant's motion for a new trial and application for probation were denied. Judgment was rendered that the defendant be confined in the Orange County jail for a period of 30 days, and he appeals from the judgment and order denying his motion for a new trial. His contentions on appeal are that the superior court had no jurisdiction to convict him of a misdemeanor; that his conviction and sentence violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; that the trial court erred in refusing to permit a witness (Hughes) to testify and in limiting cross-examination of the complaining witness.