PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. Crim. 10801.

71 Cal.2d 614 (1969)

456 P.2d 633

79 Cal. Rptr. 65

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OLIVER STANLEY WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Heisler, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Richard M. Silver and Heisler & Stewart for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Jack E. Goertzen and Richard D. Huffman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


PETERS, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County convicting him upon a jury verdict of first degree murder. (Pen. Code, § 187.) The jury returned the death penalty. As a result, this appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)

On April 22, 1965, we reversed a similar judgment against defendant and his then codefendant because a confession was admitted into evidence without compliance with Escobedo...

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