Legal Opinion
People v. Tahl
California Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1967No. Crim. 9960PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.
This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment, after trial before a jury, on verdicts finding defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and imposing the death penalty.
Facts: Defendant pleaded guilty to (a) two counts of murder (Pen. Code, §187), (b) attempt to commit .robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 664), (c) grand theft (Pen. Code, §487, subd. 3), and (d) rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 4).
It was stipulated by counsel, agreed to by defendant, and found by the trial court, that the degree of the offenses charged in counts I and II was murder in the first degree.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by55 opinions
- In Re TahlCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. DavenportCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- People v. BalderasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- People v. MeltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- People v. PhillipsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
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