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PEOPLE v. HEMPSTEAD

Docket No. 23752.

148 Cal.App.3d 949 (1983)

196 Cal. Rptr. 412

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRED HEMPSTEAD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

November 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Ezra Hendon, Harriet Wiss Hirsch and Deborah Long, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Richard G. Tullis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KING, J.

Fred Hempstead appeals from a judgment of conviction for second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) with a firearm (Pen. Code, § 12022.5) and assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)). We affirm the conviction.

On July 14, 1980, Hempstead shot Kenneth Pickett and Pickett's brother, Eugene Henderson, in the home in which they all lived. Pickett died; Henderson was wounded in his...

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