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PEOPLE v. RISENHOOVER

Docket No. 186.

240 Cal.App.2d 233 (1966)

49 Cal. Rptr. 526

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERMAN YVONNE RISENHOOVER, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

February 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Clark Savory, District Attorney, Frank Wells and Ronald Eliceche, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Roslyn Robbins Dienstein, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

STONE, J.

A jury found defendant guilty of murder, sane, and recommended the death penalty on October 31, 1963. On December 5, 1963, the Superior Court granted a motion for a new trial as to penalty, and denied a new trial on the issues of guilt and sanity. Seventeen months later, defendant again moved for a new trial on the guilt and sanity issues. The original order denying a new trial as to these issues was reversed, and a new trial ordered on the issues of guilt...

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