PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. Crim. 13818.

9 Cal.3d 24 (1973)

506 P.2d 998

106 Cal. Rptr. 622

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ORBRY LEE WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Molly H. Minudri, 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, Philip C. Griffin and Daniel W. McGovern, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

THE COURT.

A jury found defendant guilty of one count of first degree murder and four counts of first degree robbery. His codefendant, William B. Thomason, was found guilty of one count of first degree murder and three counts of first degree robbery. The penalty for the murder was fixed as death for defendant and life imprisonment for Thomason. This appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)

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