PEOPLE v. WADE

Docket Nos. Crim. 6493, 6494.

53 Cal.2d 322 (1959)

348 P.2d 116

1 Cal. Rptr. 683

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE WADE, Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ELLA MAE MILLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmont Sweeney and Ruth Jacobs, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellants.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Miriam E. Wolff, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


WHITE, J.

This is an appeal pursuant to section 1239, subdivision (b), of the Penal Code from a judgment imposing the death penalty on Lawrence Wade following his conviction of murder in the first degree. He also appeals from a judgment of conviction of attempted robbery in the first degree. His codefendant, Ella Mae Miller, appeals from judgments of conviction of murder in the first degree and attempted robbery in the first degree following her pleas of guilty, and...

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