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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

Docket No. Crim. 5276.

38 Cal.2d 556 (1952)

241 P.2d 224

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AURELIO MARTINEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 7, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Haden, Public Defender, and Ben Curry, Jr., for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant Aurelio Martinez was charged by information with the murder of his wife, Hope Martinez. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree without recommendation and found that defendant was sane at the time of commission of the offense. Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied and he was sentenced to death. The appeal to...

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