PEOPLE v. HARRISON

Docket No. Crim. 7221.

59 Cal.2d 622 (1963)

381 P.2d 665

30 Cal. Rptr. 841

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM LEE HARRISON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin N. Pulich, Public Defender, and John D. Nunes, Chief Assistant Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Edward P. O'Brien, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal from a judgment of guilty of murder in the first degree, the jury fixing the penalty at death. Defendant was also found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder.

Facts: Defendant, 49 years of age, had been living in a common law relationship with Doris Ann Martin, 24 years of age, for approximately three years prior to her death on December 11, 1961. They lived in an apartment on Derby...

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