People v. Mitchell

2 Citing cases

  1. People v. Elster

    3 P. 884 (Cal. 1884)   Cited 3 times

    Such expressions, coming with the weight of authority, are calculated to bias the minds of the jurymen, and may impair the right of the accused, guarantied by the constitution, to a trial of the issues of fact by an impartial jury. People v. Williams, 17 Cal. 142; People v. Ah Sing, 59 Cal. 400; People v. Mitchell, 55 Cal. 236; People v. Levison, 16 Cal. 99; People v. Walden, 51 Cal. 588; People v. Wong Ah Ngow, 54 Cal. 152; People v. Carrillo, Id. 63; People v. Fielen, 58 Cal. 218; People v. Graham, 21 Cal. 262; People v. Atherton, 51 Cal. 495.          Fagan, a witness called by the defendant, was examined, and gave material evidence in the case.

  2. People v. Calpestri

    54 Cal.App. 45 (Cal. Ct. App. 1921)   Cited 2 times

    The appellant contends that those two instructions were prejudicially erroneous. ( People v. Mitchell, 55 Cal. 236, and Davis v. Hearst, 160 Cal. 143, 177, [ 116 P. 530].) The instructions complained of are as follows: