PEOPLE v. FORBS

Docket No. Crim. 8130.

62 Cal.2d 847 (1965)

402 P.2d 825

44 Cal. Rptr. 753

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOYCE MARIE FORBS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erling J. Hovden, Public Defender, John M. Moore and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Paul N. Wenger, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TOBRINER J.

Defendant was charged by information with the crime of murder; the jury found her guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The court sentenced her to the penitentiary for the term required by law.

For the reasons stated below we hold that defendant's conviction must be reversed because the police obtained incriminating statements from her at the accusatory stage without advising her of her rights to counsel and to remain silent, although the record fails...

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