People v. Brawley

Opinion

BURKE, J.

An indictment was filed charging Kenneth Brawley and Larry Baker with the murder and robbery of Edwin Brewer. A jury found both defendants guilty of first degree murder and first degree robbery and fixed their penalty at death for the murder. The jury also found that Brawley but not Baker was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the robbery. Motions for a new trial and for reduction of the death penalty were denied, and defendants’ automatic appeal is now before us (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)).

Defendants attack the judgments on various grounds hereafter discussed. We…