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IN RE BUSCH

Docket No. Crim. 7097.

57 Cal.2d 536 (1962)

370 P.2d 689

20 Cal. Rptr. 785

In re MAE E. BUSCH on behalf of ROGER ADOLPH BUSCH on Habeas Corpus. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HENRY ADOLPH BUSCH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 16, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al Mathews for Petitioner.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Albert W. Harris, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

THE COURT.

[1] Henry Adolph Busch was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Mrs. Margaret Briggs, of murder in the second degree for the killing of two other women, and of assault with intent to murder a fourth woman. He confessed to the murders and did not take the stand in his own behalf. The jury fixed the penalty at death for the murder of Mrs. Briggs. On each of the other counts Busch was sentenced to imprisonment for the...

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