People v. Castro

California Supreme Court Mar 1, 1882 No. No. 10,655Published

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Holding. The court held that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the defendant's conviction for rape.

Issues

Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict of guilty for the crime of rape.

Disposition. Reversed and remanded for a new trial.

Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion

“We have carefully examined the evidence in the case, and are of the opinion that it was insufficient to justify the verdict of guilty.”

Synopsis

Rape—Sufficiency of Evidence.

The Court: The defendant was convicted in the Court below of the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed upon a child of the age of eleven years. We have carefully examined the evidence in the case, and are of the opinion that it was insufficient to justify the verdict of guilty. (People v. Benson, 6 Cal. 221; People v. Hamilton, 46 id. 540; People v. Ardaga and Gamez, 51 id. 371.)

The judgment and. order are reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.

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