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PEOPLE v. MATTISON

Docket No. Crim. 14996.

4 Cal.3d 177 (1971)

481 P.2d 193

93 Cal. Rptr. 185

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER MATTISON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Myron Wigderson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and William v. Ballough, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Anthony Christopher Mattison was charged by information with the murder of John Lawrence Corcoron. Following a trial by jury he was found guilty of murder in the second degree. On his appeal from the judgment of conviction he asserts, inter alia, that it is legally impossible to be convicted of second degree murder when that murder has been perpetrated by means of poison. We have concluded that the conviction...

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