People v. Odle

This appeal is from a judgment imposing the death penalty following the conviction of defendant of first degree murder.

Defendant and deceased were married in Huntington Park, California, on April 6, 1947. They lived together in Santa Ana, California, where defendant was employed. Shortly before Christmas, 1948, deceased became a saleslady and department manager for Davis Stationers on East Fourth Street in Santa Ana. Early in March, 1950, deceased left defendant and instituted divorce proceedings that resulted in the entry of an interlocutory decree of divorce in her favor on April 25, 1950.…