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PEOPLE v. MERKOURIS

Docket No. Crim. 5745.

46 Cal.2d 540 (1956)

297 P.2d 999

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

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lavine and P. Basil Lambros for Appellant.

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

CARTER, J.

Defendant, James Merkouris, was charged by information1 with the murder of Despine Forbes, his former wife. He pleaded not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity.2 The jury returned a verdict of first degree murder, without recommendation, based entirely upon circumstantial evidence. Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied and judgment was thereafter pronounced and the death penalty imposed...

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