People v. Baldwin

Defendant pleaded not guilty to a charge of the murder of Jack Arnold. At the trial the evidence included confessions which defendant claims were coerced. A jury found him guilty of murder of the first degree, and defendant appeals from the ensuing judgment which imposes the death penalty and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. We have concluded that the record shows no miscarriage of justice and that the judgment and the order denying defendant’s motion for new trial should be affirmed.

Facts Educed at the Trial

Defendant arrived in Barstow, California, on January 28, 1953. He…