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PEOPLE v. COOK

Docket No. 19005.

19 Cal.App.3d 405 (1971)

96 Cal. Rptr. 860

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES NORMAN COOK, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

August 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert A. Lapporte, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Bradley A. Stoutt, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KAUS, P.J.

Charged in count I, with murder and in counts II and III with kidnaping for the purpose of robbery, defendant pleaded not guilty. One Lawrence Amen Thomas had been charged with the same murder. In fact it was the prosecution's case that it was Thomas who did the actual killing and that Cook merely aided and abetted him. Thomas' case was tried first. He testified in his own behalf and was acquitted. Shortly thereafter...

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