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PEOPLE v. WADE

Docket No. 7496.

15 Cal.App.3d 16 (1971)

92 Cal. Rptr. 750

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIE WADE, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

February 4, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Donald F. Roeschke, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

HERNDON, J.

It was on the night of October 16, 1959, more than 11 years ago, that Kenneth Albert Swift was robbed and beaten to death on a vacant lot located in the Compton area. This robbery-murder was one of the most vicious, coldly calculated and savagely perpetrated crimes imaginable.

Procedural History of the Case

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