People v. Chessman

38 Cal.2d 166 (1951)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

CARYL CHESSMAN, Appellant.

Crim. No. 5006.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 18, 1951.

Caryl Chessman, in pro. per., for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, S. Ernest Roll, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan, Robert Wheeler and J. Miller Leavy, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals from judgments of conviction of 17 felonies, rendered pursuant to jury verdicts, and from an order denying his motion for new trial. For convenience of discussion the…