PEOPLE v. GILLIAM

Docket No. Crim. 5300.

39 Cal.2d 235 (1952)

246 P.2d 31

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BERNARD GILLIAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd H. Hyde and Alfred Thomas for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Wallace G. Colthurst, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SHENK, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment imposing the death penalty and from the order denying a motion for a new trial.

On August 30, 1951, the defendant, known as "Red," was in the county jail in Firebaugh because of intoxication. On September 1st he was released to work as a flagman at road construction. He worked during the morning. At noon and during the afternoon he drank some wine and beer. Later he consumed a small amount of food at a cafe and drank...

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