PEOPLE v. ZATZKE

Docket No. Crim. 4930.

33 Cal.2d 480 (1949)

202 P.2d 1009

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DANIEL JEROME ZATZKE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 23, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Gordon, Jr., and Vince M. Townsend for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Frank Richards and Henry A. Dietz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


SHENK, J.

The defendant was charged by information with the murder of Charles Wayne Dyer on January 13, 1948, in Los Angeles County. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, but withdrew the insanity plea after the trial on the other plea. The jury returned a verdict of guilty without recommendation. The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

On January 1, 1948, the defendant became a roomer in a...

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