Legal Opinion
People v. Marx
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 29, 1975No. Crim. 26579PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUS, P. J.
Defendant Walter Marx was indicted by a grand jury for murder, and, after a court trial, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to prison.
Facts
The victim was Lovey Benovsky, a woman possibly 75 years of age. Defendant boarded at Benovsky’s home on weekends. Benovsky was last seen at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 2, 1974, by a neighbor with whom she had been watching television. The next day, Sunday, at about 3 p.m., another neighbor, learning that Benovsky had not been seen that day, went to her home and looked in the front window into her…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- People v. CollinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- In Re SpencerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
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- Coppolino v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Bundy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
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