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PEOPLE v. RISER

Docket No. Crim. 5896.

47 Cal.2d 566 (1956)

305 P.2d 1

THE PEOPLE, Respondent v. RICHARD G. RISER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Coburn, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Richard G. Riser and his brother Roscoe R. Riser were charged by indictment with the murder of Earl and Pauline Hastings. The jury returned verdicts of guilty of murder in the first degree, without fixing the punishment at life imprisonment in the case of Richard G. Riser. The court denied his motion for a new trial and sentenced him to death. His appeal to this court is automatic under section 1239, subdivision (b) of the Penal Code.

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