What is the effect of an order modifying the murder verdicts with instructions to reconsider and rule on a new trial motion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Watson, 150 Cal.App.3d 313, 198 Cal.Rptr. 26 (Cal. App. 1983):
The order modifying the murder verdicts is reversed with instructions for the trial court to reconsider and rule on defendant's new trial motion according to the views expressed in this opinion. (See People v. Robarge, supra, 41 Cal.2d at p. 635, 262 P.2d 14.)
SPARKS and DAWSON, * JJ., concur.
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