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PEOPLE v. SEITERLE

Docket No. Crim. 6808.

56 Cal.2d 320 (1961)

363 P.2d 913

14 Cal. Rptr. 681

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID JACOB SEITERLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Klein, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant was indicted for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duvel, and as to both counts he pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree. He also entered pleas of guilty with respect to charges of several other crimes, including two counts of kidnaping for purposes of robbery with bodily harm and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. Upon a trial on the sole issue of penalty, the jury fixed his punishment at death for each of...

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