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PEOPLE v. KETCHEL

Docket No. Crim. 10905.

71 Cal.2d 635 (1969)

456 P.2d 660

79 Cal. Rptr. 92

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DONALD FLOYD KETCHEL and THOMAS EDWARD SEARS, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 7, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Edward Sears, in pro. per., Benjamin Dreyfus, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Garry Dreyfus, McTernan & Brotsky, Fay Stender and Donald L.A. Kerson for Defendants and Appellants.

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

TOBRINER, J.

Donald Floyd Ketchel and Thomas Edward Sears were found guilty of first degree murder and first degree robbery. The jury imposed the death penalty for the murder. On appeal, we reversed the judgments insofar as they related to the death penalty. (People v. Ketchel (1963) 59 Cal.2d 503 [30 Cal.Rptr. 538, 381 P.2d 394].)

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