People v. Stanworth

Defendant, Dennis Stanworth, was charged by indictment with, and convicted upon pleas of guilty to, two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187) ,1 one count of kidnaping to commit robbery with bodily harm (§2.09), four counts of kidnaping (§207), three counts of forcible rape (§ 261, subd. 3), one count of sexual perversion (§288a), and one count of robbery (§211).2 Pursuant to stipulation the trial court made findings as to the degrees of the murders upon its examination of the transcripts of proceedings before the grand jury and determined both murders to be of the first degree. The issue of…