PEOPLE v. HUIZENGA

Docket No. Crim. 5035.

34 Cal.2d 669 (1950)

213 P.2d 710

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EDWARD ALBERT HUIZENGA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 26, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elvin F. Sheehy, Public Defender, and Clarence H. Pease for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Edward Albert Huizenga was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and has been sentenced to death. On this appeal from the judgment under Penal Code, section 1239(b), the sole issue is whether the evidence is sufficient to justify the conviction.

On January 18, 1949, the body of a male person was taken from the American River east of the Jibboom Street bridge in Sacramento County. The body was headless, clothed only in a suit of underwear,...

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