PEOPLE v. REED

Docket No. Crim. 5262.

38 Cal.2d 423 (1952)

240 P.2d 590

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DIAMOND REED, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Belcher, Jr., for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, J.F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda) and John S. Cooper, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

Diamond Reed, with a record of two prior felony convictions which are admitted by him, was found guilty of the murder of Flyzella Braggs. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, the death sentence was imposed in conformity with the verdict of the jury. The principal points presented upon the appeal from the judgment, automatically before this court (Pen. Code, § 1239b), concern the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and...

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