PEOPLE v. SEDENO

Docket No. Crim. 16344.

10 Cal.3d 703 (1974)

518 P.2d 913

112 Cal. Rptr. 1

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEANDRO A. SEDENO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gary M. Merritt for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herbert L. Ashby, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Eric Collins and Nancy S. Reller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

A jury found defendant guilty of the first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189) of Officer Richard Klass and the attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187) of Officer James Van Pelt. The court fixed the punishment for the murder at life imprisonment. In this appeal defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict of first degree murder and that the trial court gave...

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