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PEOPLE v. MORSE

Docket No. Crim. 8684.

70 Cal.2d 711 (1969)

452 P.2d 607

76 Cal. Rptr. 391

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH BERNARD MORSE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Bernard Morse, in pro. per., Frank L. Eddens, Jr., and Robert E. Rickles, under appointments by the Supreme Court, Heinly & Rickles and Heinly & Eddens for Defendant and Appellant.

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

SULLIVAN, J.

A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189)1 and fixed the penalty at death (§ 190). The trial judge denied defendant's motions for a new trial and for reduction of penalty. This appeal is automatic. (§ 1239, subd. (b).)

On August 6, 1964, a jury determined that defendant, who in 1962 had been found guilty of murdering his mother and sister, should suffer life imprisonment...

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