People v. Hamilton

— Raymond Marty Hamilton was charged with the murders of Estella Hamilton and Lorenzo Bernard. The jury found him guilty of both crimes, fixed the degree of the murders as first, and, as to each count, fixed the penalty at death. Motions were made to reduce the degree of the crimes, *884to reduce the penalty imposed, and for a new trial. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the orders denying his several motions.

The evidence is conflicting. The prosecution produced substantial evidence to show that the killings were of the first degree in that they either were “wilful, deliberate, and…