PEOPLE v. CONLEY

Docket No. Crim. 9587.

64 Cal.2d 310 (1966)

411 P.2d 911

49 Cal. Rptr. 815

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM JUNIOR CONLEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Y. Bell for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

John W. Poulos as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


TRAYNOR, C.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty on two counts of first degree murder, finding him sane at the time of the commission of the crimes, and fixing the penalty on each count at life imprisonment. He contends that the court erred in instructing the jury on the elements of murder, in refusing to give requested instructions on manslaughter, and in admitting into evidence photographs of the victims....

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