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PEOPLE v. POINDEXTER

Docket No. Crim. 6268.

51 Cal.2d 142 (1958)

330 P.2d 763

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUTHER POINDEXTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 24, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Zwerin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Victor Griffith, Deputy Attorneys General, Thomas C. Lynch, District Attorney (San Francisco), and Walter H. Guibbini, Assistant District Attorney, for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

Defendant was charged with the murder of Douglas Callies and with the furnishing of narcotics to a minor in violation of section 11714 of the Health and Safety Code. He admitted three prior felony convictions. The jury returned verdicts of guilty and found the murder to be second degree. Defendant has appealed, contending: (1) that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the convictions; (2) that he was convicted...

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