Legal Opinion
People v. Carr
California Supreme Court
Decided November 14, 1972No. Crim. 13829PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
A jury found Charles H. Carr, Jr., guilty of first degree murder and fixed the penalty at death. A motion for a new trial was denied, and this appeal is now before us automatically under subdivision (b) of Penal Code section 1239.
The decedent, Clay Von Hastings, was a 75-year-old widower who lived by himself in Oroville, California.
Several people testified that they had last seen the decedent alive on the night of February 21, when they were playing cards with him at the Liberty Club in Oroville. Decedent often played low ball poker at the Liberty Club, and on February 21 he…
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