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PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

Docket No. Crim. 6685.

55 Cal.2d 881 (1961)

362 P.2d 473

13 Cal. Rptr. 649

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. RAYMOND MARTY HAMILTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin N. Pulich, Public Defender, John D. Nunes, Chief Assistant Public Defender, and Chris G. Gasparich, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

PETERS, J.

Raymond Marty Hamilton was charged with the murders of Estella Hamilton and Lorenzo Bernard. The jury found him guilty of both crimes, fixed the degree of the murders as first, and, as to each count, fixed the penalty at death. Motions were made to reduce the degree of the crimes, to reduce the penalty imposed, and for a new trial. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the orders denying his several motions...

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