Legal Opinion

People v. Anderson

California Supreme Court

Decided December 23, 1968No. Crim. 10603PublishedCited by 451 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*19TOBRINER, J.

Defendant was indicted for the murder of Victoria Hammond, a 10-year-old girl, in 1962. The jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder, found that he was sane, and fixed the penalty at death. This court, in People v. Anderson (1965) 63 Cal.2d 351 [46 Cal.Rptr. 763, 406 P.2d 43], reversed the judgment both as to conviction and penalty, one of the grounds being that the introduction of defendant’s extrajudicial confession violated Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) 378 U.S. 478 [12 L.Ed.2d 977, 84 S.Ct. 1758].

After a second trial, the jury again found defendant guilty of first…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Stroble v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. People v. MorseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  5. People v. HilleryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by451 opinions

  1. People v. GreenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State v. GuthrieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  3. People v. SedenoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  4. People v. BolinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Larry David Davis v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004

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