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PEOPLE v. FURNISH

Docket No. Crim. 8314.

63 Cal.2d 511 (1965)

407 P.2d 299

47 Cal. Rptr. 387

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES WESLEY FURNISH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 12, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Joseff, Arnold P. Mordkin, Max Hara, Hara & Mordkin and Don Harper Mills for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gordon Ringer, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

PEEK, J.

A jury found defendant guilty of murder of the second degree, and he has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

The decedent, Star Furnish, was the 20-month old daughter of defendant and his wife Nancy. On the morning of May 10, 1962, as was his custom, defendant left the house for work at 6:30. After serving breakfast to three older children later that morning Nancy looked briefly into Star's room on two occasions...

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