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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. Crim. 12694.

70 Cal.2d 469 (1969)

450 P.2d 265

74 Cal. Rptr. 889

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALFRED JAMES JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred James Johnson, in pro. per., Robert P. Mandler, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Wellman, Contarino & Mandler for Defendant and Appellant.

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

McCOMB, J.

Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Arthur Rodriguez Noriega. Trial was by the court, jury having been waived on both the guilt and penalty issues. Through no fault of defendant his appeal was not consummated by his trial attorney and substitute counsel has been appointed to represent him on this appeal.

Facts: On September 10, 1963, Noriega was fatally shot while on duty at Gil's Chevron Station in South Gate,...

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