Legal Opinion
People v. Durham
California Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1969No. Crim. 11317PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
A jury found defendants Gilbert Lee Durham and Edgar Leonard Robinson guilty of murder in the first degree. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189.) After a penalty trial the same jury fixed the punishment of Durham at life imprisonment and the punishment of Robinson at death, and sentences were rendered accordingly. Durham appeals from the judgment and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.1 The appeal of Robinson is automatic. (Pen. Code, §1239, subd. (b).)
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