PEOPLE v. CROOKER

Docket No. Crim. 5856.

47 Cal.2d 348 (1956)

303 P.2d 753

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN RUSSELL CROOKER, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Armstrong, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Fred N. Whichello and Lewis Watnick, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of guilty of murder in the first degree after trial before a jury.

Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the People, it discloses that Norma McCauley on July 4, 1955, attended a barbecue dinner at which Mr. Baird was present. About 12:15 a.m., July 5, 1955, he accompanied Mrs. McCauley in her car to her home. Two other persons followed them in Mr. Baird's car. They arrived at Mrs. McCauley...

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