People v. Davis

62 Cal.2d 791 (1965)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

RICHARD MARCELLUS DAVIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Crim. No. 7590.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 26, 1965.

J. Perry Langford, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TRAYNOR, C. J.

Defendant killed his victim, Marion Burnett, by pounding her on the head and arms six or more times with a 16 1/2-pound stone. A jury found him…