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PEOPLE v. RISER

Docket No. Crim. 5896.

47 Cal.2d 594 (1956)

305 P.2d 18

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ROSCOE R. RISER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Hancock, Public Defender (Stanislaus County) and William R. Lundgren, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant.

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

TRAYNOR, J.

Roscoe R. Riser and his brother Richard G. Riser were found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree. The jury fixed the punishment at life imprisonment for Roscoe Riser. A motion for a new trial was denied, and on February 24, 1956, judgment was entered on the verdict. Richard Riser's appeal to this court is automatic under section 1239, subdivision (b), of the Penal Code, but to perfect an appeal defendant Roscoe Riser was required by rule 31 of...

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