PEOPLE v. TEALE

Docket No. Crim. 7577.

63 Cal.2d 178 (1965)

404 P.2d 209

45 Cal. Rptr. 729

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS LEROY TEALE and RUTH ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nels B. Fransen, Thomas R. Krehbiel and Richard E. Johnson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Simonelli & Fransen for Defendants and Appellants.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


PEEK, J.

Defendants Thomas L. Teale and Ruth Elizabeth Chapman were convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of Billy Dean Adcock, robbery of the first degree and simple kidnaping. A life sentence was imposed upon the defendant Chapman as to the murder count and she appeals from the whole of the judgment. The death penalty was imposed upon the defendant Teale, and his appeal is automatic pursuant to the provisions...

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