PEOPLE v. BARCLAY

Docket No. Crim. 5356.

40 Cal.2d 146 (1953)

252 P.2d 321

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LOVELL BARCLAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Carmody and Richard D. Sanders for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Charles E. McClung, Deputy Attorney General, Francis W. Collins, District Attorney (Contra Costa) and David J. Levy, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant Lovell Barclay was charged by indictment with the murder and robbery of Alson G. Smith. He pleaded not guilty and admitted two prior felony convictions of robbery and one of manslaughter. A jury returned verdicts of guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation and of robbery in the first degree. Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied, and he was sentenced to death on the murder conviction and to prison on the robbery conviction...

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