PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 3667.

178 Cal.App.2d 360 (1960)

3 Cal. Rptr. 28

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BOOKER T. JOHNSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

February 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin N. Pulich and George Nye, Public Defenders (Alameda), John D. Nunes and H. Reed Searle, Assistant Public Defenders, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Peter T. Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


KAUFMAN, P.J.

Appellant was charged by information with murder. He entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. On December 13, 1958, a jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree. Thereafter, on December 18, trial was had on the issue of appellant's sanity. The jury found that the appellant was sane at the time of the commission of the offense and he was sentenced to the state prison for life. On appeal from the judgment and the order...

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