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PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS

Docket No. 11344.

246 Cal.App.2d 594 (1966)

54 Cal. Rptr. 777

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM DOUGLAS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

November 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennie Will Meyes, in pro. per., and William M. Bullis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendants and Appellants.

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

FLEMING, J.

Douglas and Meyes were involved in a series of robberies in 1958. On October 20 police officers attempted to arrest them for the robberies, a gunfight broke out, and Officer Nash was killed. On October 24, 1958, Douglas and Meyes were indicted for the murder of the officer, and, after two trials, on June 23, 1959, Douglas was acquitted and Meyes was convicted of second-degree murder, a conviction which was...

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