Neal v. State of California

55 Cal.2d 11 (1960)

HOMER NEAL, Petitioner,

v.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents.

Sac. No. 7090.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 13, 1960.

William H. Abbott, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. Additional briefs were filed by the Petitioner pro se.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

On June 4, 1949, petitioner threw gasoline into the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Raymond and ignited it. The Raymonds were severely burned.petitioner was tried and convicted on two…