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PEOPLE v. HELWINKEL

Docket No. 16.

199 Cal.App.2d 207 (1962)

18 Cal. Rptr. 685

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ESTHER MAY HELWINKEL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

January 17, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keough & Cali, Richard T. Tosaw and William J. Keough for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

STONE, J.

Esther May Helwinkel was indicted for the murder of her husband, Lawrence R. Helwinkel. A jury trial resulted in a conviction of murder in the first degree, and pursuant to a verdict fixing the penalty, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. She appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

The facts must be stated at some length because defendant's conviction...

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