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PEOPLE v. TAHL

Docket No. Crim. 9960.

65 Cal.2d 719 (1967)

423 P.2d 246

56 Cal. Rptr. 318

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM ALBERT TAHL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Albert Tahl, in pro. per., Thomas W. Smith III, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and LeRue James Grim for Defendant and Appellant.

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

McCOMB, J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment, after trial before a jury, on verdicts finding defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and imposing the death penalty.

Facts: Defendant pleaded guilty to (a) two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), (b) attempt to commit robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 664), (c) grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 3), and (d) rape (Pen. Code, § 261...

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