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PEOPLE v. CARTER

Docket No. Crim. 6811.

56 Cal.2d 549 (1961)

364 P.2d 477

15 Cal. Rptr. 645

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ELBERT LYNDON CARTER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 31, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. James and Nathaniel S. Colley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Edsel W. Haws, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals (under Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment which imposes two death sentences, and from an order denying his motion for new trial or reduction of the offenses or penalties. He was tried by jury on charges of kidnaping George Woehrle for the purpose of robbery (Pen. Code, § 209) and murder of the same victim (Pen. Code, § 187). The jury found him guilty of each count;...

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