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PEOPLE v. McCLELLAN

Docket No. Crim. 11728.

71 Cal.2d 793 (1969)

457 P.2d 871

80 Cal. Rptr. 31

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM WESTWOOD McCLELLAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Keenan, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

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

PETERS, J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, after trial before a jury, on verdicts finding defendant guilty on two counts of murder in the first degree and fixing the penalty of death on each count. Wayne McFarland was also charged with the murders. He pleaded guilty and testified against McClellan at the trial.

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