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PEOPLE v. YORK

Docket No. 11157.

242 Cal.App.2d 560 (1966)

51 Cal. Rptr. 661

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BESSIE YORK, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

May 27, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elinor Chandler Duncan for Defendant and Appellant

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack K. Weber, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

JEFFERSON, J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder for the killing of her 9-year-old son, Kenneth York. The jury acquitted Lewis Johnson, another son of defendant, who was also charged with Kenneth's murder. Probation and defendant's motion for a new trial were denied and she was sentenced to state prison for the statutory term. This is an appeal from the judgment.1

At the trial Rosalyn Johnson, the 13-year...

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