PEOPLE v. JENKINS

Docket No. 7158.

275 Cal.App.2d 545 (1969)

80 Cal. Rptr. 257

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RUBEN JENKINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

August 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRue Grim for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and James B. Cuneo, Deputy Attorney Generals, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


SIMS, J.

Defendant, who was convicted of murder of the second degree following a jury trial, and sentenced to state prison following withdrawal of his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, has appealed from the judgment. He originally contended that there was prejudicial misconduct on the part of the prosecutor in leading the jurors to believe that the case would be one in which the People sought the death penalty, and then appearing to be merciful in only requesting...

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