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PEOPLE v. COOPER

Docket No. Crim. 6545.

53 Cal.2d 755 (1960)

349 P.2d 964

3 Cal. Rptr. 148

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RICHARD THOMAS COOPER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 4, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender (San Francisco), and Claude D. Perasso, Deputy Public Defender, for Appellant.

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

SCHAUER, J.

Defendant was charged with (count 1) murder of Earlean Mosley committed on or about June 4, 1959, and (count 2) murder of Elvira Hay committed on or about August 3, 1958. As to each count he pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and a jury found him guilty of murder of the first degree, fixed the penalty at death, and found that defendant was sane at the time the offense was committed. Defendant's motion for new trial was denied. This...

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