PEOPLE v. CHAVEZ

Docket No. Crim. 5197.

37 Cal.2d 656 (1951)

234 P.2d 632

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FELIX CHAVEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Rutledge and Richard E. Patton for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorneys General, and Daniel E. Weyand, District Attorney (Colusa), for Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

Felix Chavez has been convicted of the murder of Constance (Connie) Navarro and sentenced to death. His appeal from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial presents only the question as to whether the homicide was a murder of the first degree.

The record shows testimony which may be summarized as follows:

Connie owned a bar and cafe in Colusa, known as the Michoacan, where she employed Gloria Uribe. Chavez, a Mexican citizen...

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