PEOPLE v. GOODRIDGE

Docket No. Crim. 11399.

70 Cal.2d 824 (1969)

452 P.2d 637

76 Cal. Rptr. 421

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JERRY LEE GOODRIDGE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah Casselman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

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


THE COURT.

A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder and fixed the penalty at death. This appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)

Facts: The deceased, Danna Gay Scheibler, was alive at 5:30 p.m. on October 28, 1966, when her mother-in-law called to pick up Danna's children to care for them while Danna worked from 6 p.m. to midnight. The following evening the elder Mrs. Scheibler returned, found the house locked, looked through...

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