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PEOPLE v. DARLING

Docket No. Crim. 7093.

58 Cal.2d 15 (1962)

372 P.2d 316

22 Cal. Rptr. 484

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MELVIN T. DARLING, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Joseph I. McNamara, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Derald E. Granberg, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

WHITE, J.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder of Alex T. Malcomson. The penalty was fixed at death and the jury further found that the defendant was sane at the time the crime was committed. Defendant's motion for a new trial was thereafter denied. From the ensuing judgment this appeal is automatic pursuant to the provisions of section 1239, subdivision (b) of the Penal Code.

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