Legal Opinion
People v. Chapman
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 15, 1968No. Crim. 4665PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFriedman, J.
Ruth Elizabeth Chapman appeals from a judgment imposing concurrent life sentences, after a jury found her guilty of the first degree murder and first degree robbery of Billy Dean Adcock. Mrs. Chapman and a codefendant, Thomas Teale, had been tried together in San Joaquin County in April 1963 and found guilty of Adcock’s murder, robbery and kidnaping. Their convictions were affirmed by the California Supreme Court in July 1965 and set aside by the federal Supreme Court for trial error in February 1967. (People v. Teale, 63 Cal.2d 178 [45 Cal.Rptr. 729, 404 P.2d 209]; Chapman v. California, 386…
2Cases cited86 opinions
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3Cited by66 opinions
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