PEOPLE v. SPENCER

Docket No. Crim. 7855.

66 Cal.2d 158 (1967)

424 P.2d 715

57 Cal. Rptr. 163

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TOMMY SPENCER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Rosen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gilbert F. Nelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TOBRINER, J.

The jury found defendant guilty of kidnaping for the purpose of robbery (Pen. Code, § 209) and of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189), and fixed the penalty at death. The trial judge denied defendant's motion for a new trial and for a reduction of penalty. This appeal comes to us automatically under Penal Code section 1239, subdivision (b).

Defendant contends that his confession was improperly admitted at the guilt trial...

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