People v. Mosher

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

On September 28, 1966, the Grand Jury of Alameda County indicted the defendant Merle Mark Mosher for the murder of Edith Christie (Pen. Code, § 187) and charged defendant with a prior conviction of statutory rape in 1960 (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 1). Defendant admitted the prior conviction and pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder charge.

In a separate proceeding the trial court found the defendant mentally *385competent to stand trial. The jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, held the defendant sane at the time of the…