People v. Thomas

37 Cal.2d 74 (1951)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

HENRY THOMAS, Appellant.

Crim. No. 5201.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 1, 1951.

Mark M. Brawman and George A. Tebbe, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

CARTER, J.

Defendant, Henry Thomas, having pleaded guilty to murder (Pen. Code, 187) the court found the murder to be of the first degree, and imposed the death penalty. The appeal is here by operation of law. Charged with defendant, was William McCain, who pleaded not guilty.…