PEOPLE v. MEYES

Docket No. 7002.

198 Cal.App.2d 484 (1961)

18 Cal. Rptr. 322

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BENNIE WILL MEYES, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Mitchelson, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, and Burton Marks for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Jack E. Goertzen, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BURKE, P.J.

Bennie Will Meyes and William Douglas were charged by indictment with the murder of Gene T. Nash, a sergeant of the Los Angeles Police Department. Defendant Meyes was also charged with three prior felony convictions in Los Angeles County: burglary in January 1948, robbery in November 1950 and robbery in January 1951. Meyes admitted the three priors charged. A first jury trial resulted in a mistrial, the jury having been unable to agree upon a verdict....

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