PEOPLE v. HARRISON

Docket No. Crim. 5424.

41 Cal.2d 216 (1953)

258 P.2d 1016

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHNNIE HARRISON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice C. Sherrill, Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, and Alan R. Woodard, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of first degree murder. Trial by jury was waived, defendant introduced no evidence, and there was no motion for new trial. The prosecution evidence shows without dispute that defendant murdered Mrs. Theda Campbell in an attempt to perpetrate robbery. Defendant's contentions are (1) that the trial court erroneously admitted in evidence a confession which was not shown to have been voluntary; (2) that the death...

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