PEOPLE v. KAHN

Docket No. 7516.

198 Cal.App.2d 326 (1961)

17 Cal. Rptr. 793

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALVIN CYRUS KAHN, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender, and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and A. Douglas MacRae, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FOX, P.J.

Defendant was charged with violating section 187, Penal Code, in that on or about June 17, 1960, he murdered William Baskin. A jury returned a verdict of first degree murder. A jury trial having been waived on the issue of punishment, the court determined that defendant should be imprisoned for life. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

Defendant's sister, Sophia Kahn, became acquainted with Baskin in October, 1959. They were later engaged...

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