Legal Opinion
In Re Pratt
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 3, 1980No. Crim. 37534PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANSON (Thaxton), J.
Introduction
In 1972 following a protracted trial a jury convicted petitioner/defendant Elmer Gerard Pratt (hereinafter defendant and/or Pratt) of the *802murder in the first degree (Pen. Code, § 187) of Caroline Olsen in Santa Monica on December 18, 1968 (known as the tennis court murder); of two counts of robbery in the first degree (Pen. Code, § 211); and of assault with intent to commit murder on Kenneth Olsen (Pen. Code, § 217). The jury also found he was armed with a deadly weapon (pistol) in connection with each offense. The judgment of conviction was affirmed on…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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