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PEOPLE v. GARNER

Docket No. Crim. 6715.

57 Cal.2d 135 (1961)

367 P.2d 680

18 Cal. Rptr. 40

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER GARNER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Stout, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of guilty of murder in the first degree on two counts after trial before a jury. The jury fixed the punishment at death.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the People, the record discloses the following facts:

On September 4, 1959, defendant, who subsequently on September 15, 1959, married his codefendant, Sandra Garner, attended a drunken party at...

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