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PEOPLE v. TOWLER

Docket No. Crim. 22009.

31 Cal.3d 105 (1982)

641 P.2d 1253

181 Cal. Rptr. 391

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER SCOTT TOWLER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Julia Cline Newcomb, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Vincent J. Scally, Robert D. Marshall and Garrett Beaumont, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KAUS, J.

Defendant Christopher Towler appeals from a conviction of second degree murder, contending principally that the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient either to establish the corpus delicti of the crime or to support his conviction. We conclude that the evidence is sufficient in both respects and affirm.

I.

The record, viewed in the light most favorable to the judgment below (see People...

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