People v. Nash

52 Cal.2d 36 (1959)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

STEPHEN A. NASH, Appellant.

Crim. No. 6133.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Apr. 24, 1959.

Richard S. Buckley, Deputy Public Defender (Los Angeles), and George T. Davis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Maxwell E. Greenberg as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Edmund G. Brown, Attorneys General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder of Lawrence Rice (count 1), first degree murder of John Berg (count 2), assault with a…