PEOPLE v. MAZZA

Docket No. 1035.

135 Cal.App.2d 587 (1955)

287 P.2d 798

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. FRANK F. MAZZA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

September 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pentoney & Tebbetts for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


MUSSELL, J.

Defendant was charged with having murdered one Emma Orr on August 13, 1954, in the county of San Diego. A jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of the crime charged, fixed the degree as murder in the first degree, and punishment as imprisonment in the state prison for life. His motion for a new trial was denied and he appeals from the judgment of conviction, contending (1) That the verdict is contrary...

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