People v. Modesto

59 Cal.2d 722 (1963)

382 P.2d 33

31 Cal. Rptr. 225

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

LAWRENCE GLENN MODESTO, Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. Crim 7166.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 4, 1963.

Earl Klein for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Norman S. Sokolow, Deputy Attorney General, William O. Mackey, District Attorney, and Roland Wilson, Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of first degree murder. The jury fixed the penalty at death…