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PEOPLE v. BUCHANAN

Docket No. Crim. 9014.

63 Cal.2d 880 (1966)

409 P.2d 957

48 Cal. Rptr. 733

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATHANIEL JACK BUCHANAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Jack Buchanan, in pro. per., Michael Cullen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Kenneth Cleaver, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

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

PETERS, J.

Nathaniel Jack Buchanan, McKinley Williams and Steve Williams were charged with the murder of Leon Coleman. At a joint trial the jury found Buchanan and McKinley Williams guilty of murder in the second degree. (Pen. Code, § 189.) Steve Williams was acquitted. Buchanan's motions for a new trial and to reduce the offense to manslaughter were denied. Buchanan appeals from the judgment.

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