PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. Crim. 5375.

41 Cal.2d 470 (1953)

261 P.2d 1

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EVAN CHARLES THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 18, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al Matthews and John Oliver for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SHENK, J.

The defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation. The victim was Nina Marie Bice. A motion for a new trial was denied and the extreme penalty was imposed. On this appeal, automatically taken under Penal Code, section 1239(b), the sole contention of the defendant is that the court misdirected the jury by giving an improper instruction on "lying in wait," hereinafter quoted in full.

The defendant was charged by information...

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