PEOPLE v. PICKENS

Docket No. 3701.

190 Cal.App.2d 138 (1961)

11 Cal. Rptr. 795

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ERNEST C. PICKENS, Appellant.

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

March 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Davis for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith and Albert W. Harris, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


KAUFMAN, P.J.

The appellant, Ernest C. Pickens, and Walter Senior were jointly charged by indictment with the murder of Charles Ackley on or about February 26, 1959. Both entered pleas of not guilty and were tried together before a jury which found the appellant guilty of first degree murder and Senior guilty of second degree murder. Senior was sentenced, and by stipulation of counsel, the jury was discharged and appellant's punishment fixed by the court at life imprisonment...

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