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PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN

Docket No. Crim. 10308.

66 Cal.2d 459 (1967)

426 P.2d 507

58 Cal. Rptr. 107

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDWARD DEAN GRIFFIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 25, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erling J. Hovden, Public Defender, Charles A. Maple and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and James H. Kline, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TRAYNOR, C.J.

Defendant was sentenced to death for the murder of Essie Mae Hodson. This appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)

There have been three trials. In the first, defendant was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. On automatic appeal we affirmed the judgment. (People v. Griffin, 60 Cal.2d 182 [32 Cal.Rptr. 24,

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