People v. Carter

Opinion

COMPTON, J.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree (Pen. Code, § 187) following trial by jury. He appeals from the judgment and contends that the trial court improperly admitted into evidence certain admissions made by him to his probation officer and to his wife.

The Facts

Defendant and his wife, Bobbie Jean Carter, formerly lived in an. apartment on West 60th Street in Los Angeles. The victim, Mrs. Inez Walker, and her daughter, Gilda, lived across the hall. Defendant’s wife left him in March 1971, to move to Chicago. Thereafter defendant’s wife and Gilda corresponded.

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