Case Name: THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. M. TAGAWA, Respondent
Court: District Court of Appeal of the State of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1939-07-05
Citations: 33 Cal. App. 2d 611
Docket Number: Crim. No. 1681
Parties: THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. M. TAGAWA, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Appellate Reports, Second Series
Volume: 33
Pages: 611–611

Head Matter:
[Crim. No. 1681.
Third Appellate District.
July 5, 1939.]
THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. M. TAGAWA, Respondent.
Earl Warren, Attorney-General, and J. Q. Brown, Deputy Attorney-General, for Appellant.
Edgar B. Hervey and Walter T. Tsukamoto for Respondent.

Opinion:
THE COURT.
Defendant was convicted, before a jury, of murder in the second degree. The court granted a motion for new trial, and the People now appeal from the order.
Defendant now moves this court for an order dismissing the appeal, or in the alternative affirming the order. No statute or precedent is mentioned to support the procedure. Defendant's ground is that the action of the trial court was entirely discretionary, and that the record shows no abuse of such discretion. In the first place we find no such procedure applicable to a criminal case, and in the second place, we believe that the opening brief of the People has sufficient merit to require an investigation of the entire record, something which is not contemplated on a motion of this character.
The motion is denied.