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PEOPLE v. MORRIS

Docket No. 6208.

174 Cal.App.2d 193 (1959)

344 P.2d 333

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN MORRIS, JR., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

October 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Ackerman, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack K. Weber, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

LILLIE, J.

Defendant was accused by information of the charge of murder of one Burke, to which he pleaded not guilty and waived a jury trial. The court adjudged him guilty, fixed the crime as first degree murder and sentenced the defendant to the state prison for life. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

On October 18, 1956, shortly after 2 a.m.,...

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