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PEOPLE v. CASH

Docket No. Crim. 6477.

52 Cal.2d 841 (1959)

345 P.2d 462

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DONALD LEONARD CASH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 3, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), John M. Moore and Richard W. Erskine, Deputy Public Defenders, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

PETERS, J.

This is an automatic appeal, under the provisions of paragraph (b) of Penal Code, section 1239, from a judgment of death entered by the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, on a charge of murder in the first degree. Defendant pleaded "Not guilty" and "Not guilty by reason of insanity," waived jury trial,1 and was tried by the court sitting without a jury. After a trifurcated trial, the court (1) found defendant guilty of murder...

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