PEOPLE v. AIKENS

Docket No. Crim. 10118.

70 Cal.2d 369 (1969)

450 P.2d 258

74 Cal. Rptr. 882

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EARNEST JAMES AIKENS, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Goldeen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

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


PETERS, J.

Defendant was indicted for the murders of Kathleen Nell Dodd and Mary Winifred Eaton. The superior court first certified the Dodd case to the juvenile court, because defendant was less than 18 years old when Mrs. Dodd was killed. (See Welf. & Inst. Code, § 604.) The juvenile court declined to take jurisdiction of the case. (See Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 603; 604, subd. (c); 606.) Defendant was over 18 when Mary Eaton was killed.

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