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PEOPLE v. VARNUM

Docket No. Crim. 7630.

61 Cal.2d 425 (1964)

392 P.2d 961

38 Cal. Rptr. 881

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS LAMAS VARNUM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 18, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clay Jacke, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Thomas Varnum, John Jackson, and Edward Jackson were found guilty by a jury of first degree murder, kidnaping for the purpose of robbery with bodily harm, first degree robbery, and assault with intent to commit robbery. The jury fixed the punishment of Varnum at death for the kidnaping and the murder, and his appeal comes before us automatically under subdivision (b) of section 1239 of the Penal Code.1

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