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PEOPLE v. REESE

Docket No. Crim. 5923.

47 Cal.2d 112 (1956)

301 P.2d 582

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES REESE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender (San Francisco), and Robert Nicco, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

Thomas C. Lynch, District Attorney (San Francisco), and Cecil F. Poole, Assistant District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

THE COURT.

Defendant was indicted on seven counts for the murder of Georgia Barrett, on December 26, 1955, and of Elizabeth Simpson on December 28, 1955, assault with intent to murder Betty Luke on December 26, 1955, burglary of Luke's apartment, Barrett's apartment and Simpson's apartment, and the rape of Elizabeth Simpson on December 28, 1955. By amendment he was also charged with a prior felony conviction, which he admitted...

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