Legal Opinion
People v. Ward
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 1968No. Crim. 6424PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAgee, J.
On May 19, 1966 Max Ward, Carl Black, Norman Call and two others were indicted for conspiring to murder Dow Wilson (count 1) and for murdering him on April 5,1966 (count 2).
Call was tried separately and convicted of first degree murder. He received a life sentence. The joint trial of Ward and Black commenced thereafter, After a jury was selected and while the prosecution was putting in its case in chief, Black’s motion for a severance was granted. Count (conspiracy) was then dismissed as to Ward and the trial proceeded against him alone on count (murder).
Following jury conviction of first…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by10 opinions
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