PEOPLE v. APPLETON

Docket No. 2750.

152 Cal.App.2d 240 (1957)

313 P.2d 154

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILLIAM McKINLEY APPLETON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

July 2, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Hammerberg, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and G.A. Strader, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


WARNE, J. pro tem.*

A jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at confinement in the state prison for life. Defendant moved for a new trial and also moved to vacate and set aside the verdict and for modification of the judgment. His motions were denied, and judgment was entered sentencing defendant to imprisonment in the state prison for life. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from the...

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