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PEOPLE v. LINDSEY

Docket No. Crim. 6826.

56 Cal.2d 324 (1961)

363 P.2d 910

14 Cal. Rptr. 678

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD ARLEN LINDSEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Major, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

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

GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree, and, upon a trial on the sole issue of penalty, the court sitting without a jury fixed the punishment at death.1 The appeal comes to us automatically under subdivision (b) of section 1239 of the Penal Code.

According to the confession defendant made to the police and his testimony at the trial, the circumstances surrounding...

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