PEOPLE v. TEALE

Docket No. Crim. 11543.

70 Cal.2d 497 (1969)

450 P.2d 564

75 Cal. Rptr. 172

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS LEROY TEALE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nels B. Fransen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Edsel W. Haws and Michael H. Fabian, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


SULLIVAN, J.

In an indictment found on November 16, 1962, defendant Thomas Leroy Teale and Ruth Elizabeth Chapman were accused of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211), kidnaping for the purpose of robbery (Pen. Code, § 209), and murder (Pen. Code, § 187). After a joint trial by jury each was found guilty of robbery in the first degree, simple kidnaping (a lesser offense included within the offense charged), and murder in the first degree. As to the murder count...

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