People v. Mathis

63 Cal.2d 416 (1965)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

DOVIE CARL MATHIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Crim. No. 8143.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Oct. 1, 1965.

Samuel D. O'Brien, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Donald M. Layne for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

MOSK, J.

This is an automatic appeal under Penal Code section 1239, subdivision (b), from judgments pursuant to verdicts finding appellant Dovie Carl Mathis guilty of murder in the first…