People v. Langton

Citations

• 67 Cal. 427
• 7 P. 843
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 660

Syllabus

<p>Cbehinaii Law—Mtjbdeb—Insteuction—Pbesuhftion as to Intention.—In a prosecution for murder, the court instructed the jury that “ every person is presumed to intend what his acts indicate his intention to have been; and if the defendanu fired a loaded pistol at the deceased and killed him, the law presumes that the defendant intended to kill the deceased; and unless the defendant can show that his intention was other than his act indicated, the law will not hold him guiltless.” Held, that the instruction was proper.</p> <p>Id.—Dbunkenness of Defendant.—As between murder in the second degree and manslaughter, the drunkenness of the offender can form no legitimate matter of inquiry.</p>