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PEOPLE v. SHIPE

Docket No. 1490.

49 Cal.App.3d 343 (1975)

122 Cal. Rptr. 701

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES ERIC SHIPE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

June 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David M. Blackman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Joel E. Carey and G. Michael Gates, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

GARGANO, J.

After jury trial, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree. (1a) Because we have concluded that his constitutional right of confrontation was violated, we reverse the judgment.

On March 1, 1972, Alva Hugh Kroupa, a dealer in marijuana and restricted dangerous drugs, was found murdered in his small cottage in Fresno, California; Kroupa had been stabbed 32 times with a knife apparently...

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