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PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

Docket No. Crim. 7474.

61 Cal.2d 353 (1964)

392 P.2d 526

38 Cal. Rptr. 726

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AARON MITCHELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 5, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton L. McGhee, 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.

McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal, pursuant to section 1239, subdivision (b), of the Penal Code, from a judgment, after trial before a jury, finding defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and imposing the death penalty.

Facts: The Stadium Club, the scene of the crime, is a bar and restaurant in Sacramento. Defendant appeared at the club at approximately 10:30 p.m. on February 15, 1963. About this...

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