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PEOPLE v. MURPHY

Docket No. Crim. 15221.

8 Cal.3d 349 (1972)

503 P.2d 594

105 Cal. Rptr. 138

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SEAN J. MURPHY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert E. Burke, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

On October 1, 1969, defendant Sean J. Murphy was charged jointly with Warren O. Saling by indictment with conspiracy to commit first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 182) and the first degree murder of defendant's wife, Catherine Murphy (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189). Defendant pleaded not guilty. His motion for severance was granted and after trial a jury found him guilty as charged and fixed the penalty...

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