Case Name: THE PEOPLE v. LOUIS HELBING
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1881-11
Citations: 59 Cal. 567
Docket Number: No. 10,685
Parties: THE PEOPLE v. LOUIS HELBING.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 567–567

Head Matter:
[No. 10,685.
Department Two.]
THE PEOPLE v. LOUIS HELBING.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon—Verdict.—The defendant was indicted for an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict great bodily injury; and pleaded not guilty and a former acquittal. The jury found a verdict of guilty.
Held: There must be a verdict upon both issues before there can be a judgment of conviction.
Id.—Statute of Limitations—Misdemeanor—Felony.—The one year’s bar does not apply to the offense charged.
Appeal from a judgment of conviction, and from an order denying an arrest of judgment and from an order refusing defendant a new trial in the Superior Court of the City and County of Sari Francisco. Freelon, J.
B. Percy Wright, for Appellant.
A. L. Hart, Attorney General, for Respondent.

Opinion:
The Court:
The defendant pleaded not guilty and former acquittal. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but did not find upon the plea of former acquittal. There must be a verdict upon that as upon the plea of not guilty, before there can be a judgment of conviction. (People v. Kinsey, 51 Cal. 279.)
The indictment is not for a misdemeanor, but for a felony, viz., an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict great bodily injury; therefore the one-year bar does not apply to it.
Judgment and order reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.