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PEOPLE v. SOMMERHALDER

Docket No. Crim. 13274.

9 Cal.3d 290 (1973)

508 P.2d 289

107 Cal. Rptr. 289

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN SOMMERHALDER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Archibald M. Mull, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Robert R. Granucci and Sanford Svetcov, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

THE COURT.

John Sommerhalder and Kenneth Preston were jointly charged on February 15, 1968, with the murders of Curtis and Shirley Ackley on January 12, 1968, in the County of Marin. Each pleaded not guilty. Separate jury trials resulted in conviction of murder in the first degree on two counts and imposition of death sentences. Separate appeals have been automatically filed.

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