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PEOPLE v. O'BRIEN

Docket No. Crim. 12338.

71 Cal.2d 394 (1969)

456 P.2d 969

79 Cal. Rptr. 313

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JERRY LEE O'BRIEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Perry Langford, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Langford, Langford & Lane 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.

Defendant was charged by information with the murder of Los Angeles Police Officer David Seibert and with six prior felony convictions.1 Motions for change of venue and for suppression of evidence were denied. A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder and fixed the penalty at death. Motions for new trial and reduction of sentence were denied. This appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).) We affirm the...

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