IN RE VARNUM

Docket No. Crim. 8714.

63 Cal.2d 629 (1965)

408 P.2d 97

47 Cal. Rptr. 769

In re THOMAS LAMAS VARNUM on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Bubrick for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


THE COURT.

Varnum was convicted of first degree murder, kidnaping for the purpose of robbery with bodily harm, first degree robbery, and assault with intent to commit robbery. His punishment was fixed at death for the murder and the kidnaping. The court reversed the judgment insofar as it related to penalty and affirmed it in all other respects. (People v. Varnum (1964) 61 Cal.2d 425 [38 Cal.Rptr...

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