People v. Lampson
Citations
- 70 Cal. 204
- 11 P. 593
- 1886 Cal. LEXIS 763
Syllabus
<p>Ceiminal Law—Continuance of Teial—Absence of Witness—Affidavits must Show Issuance of Subpcena. —The refusal to continue the trial of a criminal case on the ground of the absence of a material witness for the defendant, who resides out of the county in which the trial is had, is not error, if the affidavits for continuance fail to show that a subpoena for the witness, having indorsed thereon an order of the trial judge for his attendance, was ever issued.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- in appeal by brothers Rex and Stanley Hall from drug convictions, court affirmed Rex’s conviction but reversed as to Stanley where record showed counsel had “concentrated only on Rex Hall” to the prejudice of Stanley Hall
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Judges: Ross
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