BURKE, J.
A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder and fixed the penalty at death. Motions for a new trial and reduction of penalty were denied, and defendant's automatic appeal is now before us. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)
We have now concluded that the judgment as to guilt should be affirmed but that under the compulsion of Witherspoon v. Illinois,
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