People v. Green

47 Cal.2d 209 (1956)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

EARL COMPTON GREEN, JR., Appellant.

Crim. No. 5782.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Oct. 19, 1956.

Edwin F. Beach and Ben E. Nordman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, and Roy A. Gustafson, District Attorney (Ventura), for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

Defendant was charged with the murder of Joseph LaChance. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was tried before a jury which found that he was guilty of first degree murder and…