PEOPLE v. TORRES

Docket No. 8304.

214 Cal.App.2d 734 (1963)

29 Cal. Rptr. 706

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALFRED TORRES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

April 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Strong and Dorathy K. Davis for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert H. O'Brien, Deputy Attorney General for Plaintiff and Respondent.


FOX, P.J.

Defendant Alfred Torres, charged with the murder of one John Rosales,1 was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the court sitting without a jury. Defendant, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, appeals on the following grounds: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain a finding of first degree murder; (2) he was not properly represented by counsel; and (3) he was not advised as to the effect of his waiver of trial...

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