PEOPLE v. IRELAND

Docket No. Crim. 12805.

70 Cal.2d 522 (1969)

450 P.2d 580

75 Cal. Rptr. 188

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PATRICK IRELAND, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheela, Lightner, Hughes, Hilmen & Castro, Sheela, O'Laughlin, Hughes & Castro and Peter J. Hughes for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Kallay and Philip C. Griffin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Patrick Ireland was charged by indictment with the murder of Ann Lucille Ireland, his wife. He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity and, after a trial by jury, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Defendant's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was personally withdrawn by him, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for the term prescribed by law. He appeals from the judgment.

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