Legal Opinion
People v. Burton
California Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 1971No. Crim. 15823PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
Defendant Bozzie Bryant Burton III, a 16-year-old minor was charged by information with two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and a third count of assault with intent to commit murder. (Pen. Code, § 217.) After a jury trial he was found guilty as charged on two counts of murder in the first degree and guilty of assault (Pen. Code, § 240), a lesser offense than that charged in the third count, but necessarily included therein. Defendant was sentenced to the term, prescribed by law on the two counts of murder and to 180 days in county jail on the count of assault, each…
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