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People v. Dorman

California Supreme Court

Decided September 13, 1946No. Crim. 4703PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.

The defendants William Neal Dorman and Merlin James Smith were indicted for the murder of Ralph William Bigelow in Los Angeles County on April 17, 1944; also of robbing Bigelow of money, a watch and an automobile, and of kidnapping Bigelow for the purpose of robbery. The defendants were convicted by a jury on all counts, the punishment for the murder, found to be first degree, being fixed at life imprisonment, and for the kidnapping,' imprisonment for life without possibility of parole. The defendant Smith alone has appealed from the judgment and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. People v. MahoneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  5. People v. FarringtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. People v. KnowlesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  2. People v. LindenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  3. People v. FordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  4. People v. RosotoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  5. People v. ByrdCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954

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