PEOPLE v. FRIEND

Docket No. Crim. 5800.

47 Cal.2d 749 (1957)

306 P.2d 463

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. WILBERT FELIX FRIEND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Sorbo, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals (by virtue of paragraph (b) of section 1239 of the Penal Code) from a judgment which imposes the death penalty after a jury verdict which found defendant guilty of murder of the first degree and was silent as to penalty, and from an order denying defendant's motion for new trial. We have concluded that the issue of guilt was fairly tried and that the judgment and order denying a new trial should be affirmed insofar as relates to the conviction...

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