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PEOPLE v. MATHIS

Docket No. Crim. 8143.

63 Cal.2d 416 (1965)

406 P.2d 65

46 Cal. Rptr. 785

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DOVIE CARL MATHIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 1, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. O'Brien, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Donald M. Layne for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

MOSK, J.

This is an automatic appeal under Penal Code section 1239, subdivision (b), from judgments pursuant to verdicts finding appellant Dovie Carl Mathis guilty of murder in the first degree and robbery in the first degree and fixing the penalty at death. The trial court denied appellant's motions for a new trial and for reduction of the penalty. Codefendant Billy Still was also convicted of the murder and robbery at the same trial but received a sentence of life...

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