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PEOPLE v. RITTGER

Docket No. Crim. 6654.

54 Cal.2d 720 (1960)

355 P.2d 645

7 Cal. Rptr. 901

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RONALD RITTGER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 6, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Shostak, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Cominos & Shostak for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Albert W. Harris, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

Defendant Ronald Rittger appeals (by virtue of Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of death rendered on conviction of the first degree murder of Bobby Lee Wheeler, and from an order denying defendant's motion for new trial, or reduction of the class or degree of the offense or the penalty. Defendant was also charged with violation of section 4500 of the Penal Code (assault on Wheeler with malice aforethought, and with force likely to produce...

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