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PEOPLE v. ABBOTT

Docket No. Crim. 5901.

47 Cal.2d 362 (1956)

303 P.2d 730

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BURTON W. ABBOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Sullivan for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, J.F. Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), Dale Stoops and John C. Baldwin, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Burton W. Abbott was charged by the grand jury of Alameda County with the kidnaping and murder of Stephanie Bryan. Following denial of a motion to set aside the indictment, Abbott petitioned this court for a writ of prohibition on the ground that the Superior Court of Alameda County did not have territorial jurisdiction of the offenses charged. We denied the petition, and he pleaded not guilty to each of the counts. The trial jury, after finding that...

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