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53 Cal. 263

People v. Fine

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1878

California Supreme Court · decided 1878-07-01

<p>Appeal from the County Court of Colusa County.</p> <p>The defendant was convicted of an assault to commit murder, and appealed.</p>

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Decided 1878-07-01

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 1960

5 state decisions

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By the Court :

¶1The intention with which the cissault was committed was a material issue of fact to be determined by the jury; and if the assault was committed, not with the intent to commit murder, as charged in the indictment, but to do great bodily harm or some lesser’ offense included in the greater one charged in the indictment, the jury might have convicted the accused of the lesser offense. But the Court instructed the jury that if they found a verdict of guilty they must convict him of the offense charged in the indictment. This was error.

¶2Judgment and order reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.

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