PEOPLE v. BUCKOWSKI

Docket No. Crim. 5200.

37 Cal.2d 629 (1951)

233 P.2d 912

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. STANLEY BUCKOWSKI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lavine for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SHENK, J.

Stanley Buckowski and his wife were charged with the murder of Helen J. Edmunds on February 1, 1950. Each pleaded not guilty and waived a jury trial. They were jointly tried. The wife was acquitted but Stanley was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. A motion for a new trial made on all the grounds contained in Penal Code, section 1181, was denied. This is an automatic appeal under Penal Code, section 1239(b).

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