PEOPLE v. LINES

Docket No. Crim. 17898.

13 Cal.3d 500 (1975)

531 P.2d 793

119 Cal. Rptr. 225

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD LEE LINES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David E. Kenner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and James H. Kline, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Richard Lee Lines was charged by information with the murder of his aunt, Rose Ethyl Hunt. He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After a bifurcated trial, a jury found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and sane at the time the offense was committed.1 Defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for the term prescribed by law. He appeals...

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