People v. Purvis

52 Cal.2d 871 (1959)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

THOMAS PURVIS, Appellant.

Crim. No. 6434.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Nov. 6, 1959.

Martin N. Pulich and George Nye, Public Defenders (Alameda), and H. Reed Searle, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John S. McInerny, Edward P. O'Brien and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, J. Frank Coakley, District Attorney (Alameda), and Francis W. Vukota, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant was charged with the murder of Mrs. Hazel Wilson. He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty…