PEOPLE v. BYNUM

Docket No. Crim. 15255.

4 Cal.3d 589 (1971)

483 P.2d 1193

94 Cal. Rptr. 241

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THEODORE ANTHONY BYNUM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard H. Levin, 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 James H. Kline, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

McCOMB, J.

Defendant was charged with the murder of Mrs. Beatrice Loya (Pen. Code, § 187). He pleaded not guilty. A mistrial was declared after the first jury was unable to reach a verdict. The second jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury became deadlocked on the penalty phase, however, and was dismissed by the court. The court sentenced him to state prison for the term of his natural life (Pen...

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