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PEOPLE v. BRUBAKER

Docket No. Crim. 6448.

53 Cal.2d 37 (1959)

346 P.2d 8

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES EARL BRUBAKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Richard S. Buckley and Richard W. Erskine, Deputy Public Defenders, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert M. Sweet, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of guilty of two counts of murder after trial before a jury.

Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the People, it discloses that about midnight on Sunday, July 20, 1958, defendant strangled to death Irene Potter Morey and her 9-year-old son, Craig Potter Morey, in Mrs. Morey's flat in Los Angeles.

Defendant presents these questions:

First. Was the evidence sufficient to...

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