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Chinatown Murder Trial Transcript

The document shows the transcript to the People of the State of California vs. Chol Soo Lee trial. He is misidentified as Chinese and reacts to it.

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K. W. Lee marked up this transcript of the 1974 trial of the People of the State of California vs. Chol Soo Lee. The underlined parts reveal how the police officer who arrested Chol Soo Lee misidentified him as “Chinese,” and Chol Soo’s reaction.

Object ID

44.03.05

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Court Reporters of Sacramento County Courthouse

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Chinatown Murder Trial Transcript

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California Superior Court, County of Sacramento

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1973

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https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb309nb1mh/?order=2&brand=oac4

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Multimedia details

Creator

Court Reporters of Sacramento County Courthouse

Publisher

California Superior Court, County of Sacramento

Date

1973

Location

UC Davis Special Collections

Language

eng

Type

Text

Format

Legal Document

Source

Online Archive of California

Credit Line

Courtesy of UC Davis Shields Library, Sacramento Union Archive.

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

44.03.TXT.023

Creator

Court Reporters of Sacramento County Courthouse

Publisher

California Superior Court, County of Sacramento

Date

1973

Location

UC Davis Special Collections

Language

eng

Type

Text

Format

Legal Document

Source

Online Archive of California

Credit Line

Courtesy of UC Davis Shields Library, Sacramento Union Archive.

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

44.03.TXT.023

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