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PEOPLE v. SEWELL

Docket No. Crim. 20181.

20 Cal.3d 639 (1978)

574 P.2d 1231

143 Cal. Rptr. 879

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM HENRY SEWELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul Arthur Turner, 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, William R. Pounders and Roger W. Boren, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

This case raises the question whether by application of Penal Code section 669 multiple life sentences which have been imposed by different states merge and become concurrent sentences. (All statutory references are to the Penal Code.)

During June 1973 defendant, having escaped from the Maryland State Prison while serving a life term, drove with three other men to Los Angeles where they intended to sell...

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