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PEOPLE v. WHITEHORN

Docket No. Crim. 7280.

60 Cal.2d 256 (1963)

383 P.2d 783

32 Cal. Rptr. 199

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NORMAN ARTHUR WHITEHORN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 5, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. Weedman for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Norman Whitehorn and Charles Hummel were charged with the murder of Mrs. Angela Gums. Whitehorn admitted a prior conviction of kidnaping and rape. The jury found both defendants guilty of first degree murder and determined that Whitehorn should suffer the death penalty and Hummel life imprisonment. Whitehorn's motion for a new trial was denied, and his appeal is before us automatically under subdivision (b) of section 1239 of the Penal Code. Hummel has...

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