People v. Gill

Citations

• 6 Cal. 637

Syllabus

<p>The crime of murder is committed at the time when, the fatal blow is struck.</p> <p>Where an Act is passed between the time of the commission of the act and the death of the victim, defining the offence, and providing for its punishment, and providing that upon trials for crimes committed previous to its enactment, the party shall be tried by the laws in force at the time of the commission of the crime, the prisoner must be tried under the law in force when the violation of the law was committed.</p>