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PEOPLE v. ASHLEY

Docket No. Crim. 7151.

59 Cal.2d 339 (1963)

379 P.2d 496

29 Cal. Rptr. 16

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CLARENCE E. ASHLEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence E. Ashley, in pro. per., and Ben Curry, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Edsel W. Haws, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

PETERS, J.

Defendant was found guilty of the kidnaping and the first degree murder of Angie Mae Stewart, a six-year-old girl. The same jury also determined that defendant was sane on August 8, 1960, the date the offenses were committed, and that the penalty for the murder should be death. The appeal is automatic under the provisions of section 1239, subdivision (b), of the Penal Code.

The facts are not in dispute. Angie was kidnaped and killed on August 8...

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