PEOPLE v. GOLSTON

Docket No. Crim. 7110.

58 Cal.2d 535 (1962)

375 P.2d 51

25 Cal. Rptr. 83

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES JAMES GOLSTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitzgerald & Davis and Morrise Davis for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and S. Clark Moore, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of guilty of murder in the first degree. The trier of fact fixed the punishment at death.

Facts: Defendant was charged with murder and pleaded not guilty. At the time of the trial defendant and his counsel waived trial by jury. The trial judge found defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. He then found that the death penalty should be imposed.

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