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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. Crim. 9638.

65 Cal.2d 698 (1967)

423 P.2d 233

56 Cal. Rptr. 305

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CALVIN THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlyle J. Mills, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

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

MOSK, J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment entered pursuant to jury verdicts finding defendant guilty of arson and first degree murder, and fixing the penalty for the latter at death.

Defendant principally complains of the introduction in evidence of an incriminating statement he made to the police after warnings as to his constitutional rights which complied with People v. Dorado (1965)

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