PEOPLE v. BURTON

Docket No. Crim. 15823.

6 Cal.3d 375 (1971)

491 P.2d 793

99 Cal. Rptr. 1

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BOZZIE BRYANT BURTON III, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patrick J. Sampson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Norman N. Flette, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Bozzie Bryant Burton III, a 16-year-old minor was charged by information with two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and a third count of assault with intent to commit murder. (Pen. Code, § 217.) After a jury trial he was found guilty as charged on two counts of murder in the first degree and guilty of assault (Pen. Code, § 240), a lesser offense than that charged in the third count,...

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