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PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

Docket No. Crim. 7136.

60 Cal.2d 105 (1963)

383 P.2d 412

32 Cal. Rptr. 4

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAYMOND MARTY HAMILTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 9, 1963.

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 Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

PETERS, J.

By jury verdicts defendant was found guilty of the first degree murders of Estella Hamilton (count one) and of Lorenzo Bernard (count two). The jury fixed the penalty on count one at life imprisonment, and on count two at death. Motions for a new trial and reduction of the penalty on the second count were denied. The appeal is automatic (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)).

This is the second trial and appeal in this case. The first trial resulted...

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