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People v. Knowlton

THE PEOPLE v. H. W. KNOWLTON

People v. Knowlton, 55 P. 141 (Cal. 1898)
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Court
California Supreme Court · State Highest Courts
Decided
November 19, 1898
Docket
No. Crim. No. 472
Judges
Garoutte
Citations
55 P. 141122 Cal. 3571898 Cal. LEXIS 585
Cited by 7
Syllabus
Cbiminal Law—Evidence—Admissions of Defendant—Menace.—Declarations of the defendant in a criminal case, not amounting to a confession of guilt, are admissible, without regard to the question whether they were made under menace and undue influence.
Summary
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Siskiyou County and from an order denying a new trial. J. A. Beard, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court5

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Opinion of the Court — Garoutte

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GAROUTTE, J.

Defendant has been convicted of a felony and now appeals. He was prosecuted under section 332 of the Penal Code upon an information. The information is in the general form held sufficient in People v. Frigerio, 107 Cal. 152 , and is clearly sufficient. The evidence also is ample to support the verdict. It is insisted that error was committed by the court in admitting certain declarations of the defendant before the jury which were claimed to have been made under menace and undue influence. It is sufficient to say that the declarations made in no sense amounted to a confession of guilt, and therefore any question of menace and undue influence does not arise.

For the foregoing reasons the judgment and order are affirmed.

Harrison, J., and Van Fleet, J., concurred.

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1907: 11908: 11914: 11919: 11921: 11924: 11927: 119072026peak 1907 · 1

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  1. People v. Peete202 P. 51 (Cal. Ct. App. 1921)
  2. People v. Willard89 P. 124 (Cal. 1907)
  3. People v. Kelly231 P. 767 (Cal. Ct. App. 1924)
  4. People v. Ford143 P. 1075 (Cal. Ct. App. 1914)
  5. State v. Guie186 P. 329 (Mont. 1919)
  6. People v. Domenighini254 P. 292 (Cal. Ct. App. 1927)

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  1. People v. Domenighini254 P. 292 (Cal. Ct. App. 1927)
  2. People v. Kelly231 P. 767 (Cal. Ct. App. 1924)
  3. People v. Peete202 P. 51 (Cal. Ct. App. 1921)
  4. State v. Guie186 P. 329 (Mont. 1919)
  5. People v. Ford143 P. 1075 (Cal. Ct. App. 1914)
  6. People v. Hutchings97 P. 325 (Cal. Ct. App. 1908)

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