PEOPLE v. SPENCER

Docket No. Crim. 7240.

60 Cal.2d 64 (1963)

383 P.2d 134

31 Cal. Rptr. 782

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HAROLD ALLEN SPENCER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan E. Lawrence and Arvo Van Alstyne for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Gordon Ringer, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals (by operation of Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from judgments of death and imprisonment imposed pursuant to jury verdicts finding him guilty of murder in the first degree and robbery while armed with a deadly weapon.

Defendant concedes — as he must, on the record of this case — that the evidence is sufficient to support the jury verdicts. He contends, however, that he was denied a fair trial by reason of a variety...

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