People v. Goodwin

The appellants, who are brothers, were found guilty on several counts of an amended information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County. Specifically, they stand convicted of murder of the first degree, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and two like assaults with intent to commit murder. The jury by its verdict impliedly having rejected Grant Goodwin’s dual plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity and having returned a verdict on the murder charge without recommendation, judgment- imposing the extreme penalty has been entered against him. In the case of Patrick…