PEOPLE v. BRIDGEHOUSE

Docket No. Crim. 5913.

47 Cal.2d 406 (1956)

303 P.2d 1018

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM BRIDGEHOUSE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene V. McPherson and Gladys Towles Root for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

Defendant, William Bridgehouse was convicted, after trial by jury, of second degree murder of William Bahr. His plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was tried, by stipulation, by the court and he was adjudged sane both presently and at the time of the commission of the crime. The appeal is from the judgment of conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial.

Defendant who was 31 years of age, married Marylou Bridgehouse in 1951. At the...

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