PEOPLE v. SAMPSELL

Docket No. Crim. 5021.

34 Cal.2d 757 (1950)

214 P.2d 813

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LLOYD EDISON SAMPSELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd Edison Sampsell in pro. per., and J. Oscar Goldstein, under appointment by the Supreme Court on appeal, for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

The defendant, Lloyd Edison Sampsell (also known as Lloyd Edison Sampsel) was tried by jury and found guilty of (1) the murder of Arthur W. Smith; (2) assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder one Harley Cook; and (3) robbery in the first degree. To the first two counts of the indictment (murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder) the defendant pleaded not guilty; as to the third count (robbery) he stood mute and the...

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