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PEOPLE v. TIDWELL

Docket No. Crim. 12057.

3 Cal.3d 62 (1970)

473 P.2d 748

89 Cal. Rptr. 44

THE PEOPLE Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM TIDWELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter Heintz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, Edsel W. Haws and Jack R. Winkler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

PETERS, J.

Defendant and his brother Robert Tidwell were indicted for the murders of Jessee Levoy DeForest, Mary Jeanette DeForest, and Keith Eugene Utterback. Following separate trials by jury, both defendant and his brother were convicted of first degree murder on all three counts and sentenced to death. Defendant's motions for a new trial and for reduction of the penalty were denied, and his automatic appeal is now before...

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