PEOPLE v. BERLING

Docket No. 4713.

115 Cal.App.2d 255 (1953)

251 P.2d 1017

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. VIOLET JOHN BERLING, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

January 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert C.S. Ramsey and Milton Emlein for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney, and Thomas W. Cochran, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.


DORAN, J.

The appellant was charged with the murder of Kay Frances Erickson, a 10-year-old girl, who died at Long Beach on October 12, 1950. Appellant was an accordion teacher; the deceased child was studying under appellant's tutelage, and at the time in question was staying at appellant's studio. The trial commenced January 3, 1951, and ended on April 20, 1951. After eight days' deliberation a jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree with recommendation...

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