Legal Opinion
People v. Henderson
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 2, 1978No. Crim. 29951PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUS, P. J.
Murder for hire. Defendant Willie Lee Henderson and Mabel Glenn were charged with the murder of Edgar Glenn, Mabel’s husband. The information alleged that the murder of Glenn was intentional and carried out by defendant pursuant to an agreement to accept valuable consideration for the act of murder. (Former Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a).) Defendant’s trial was severed from Mabel’s and that of another codefendant. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of first degree murder. Later, the same jury found the alleged special circumstances to be true. In October 1975, the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
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