PEOPLE v. SEITERLE

Docket No. Crim. 7239.

59 Cal.2d 703 (1963)

381 P.2d 947

31 Cal. Rptr. 67

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID JACOB SEITERLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Klein, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, William O. Mackey, District Attorney, and Roland Wilson, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant was indicted for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duvel, and as to both counts he pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree. He also entered pleas of guilty to charges of several other crimes, including two counts of kidnaping for the purpose of robbery with bodily harm.

Defendant has been tried twice on the issue of penalty for the murders. In the first trial the jury fixed his punishment at death for each of the murders and at...

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