People v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jasen, J.

Defendant, convicted of two murders and sentenced to consecutive terms of 25 years to life for each murder, appeals. He asserts that on the jury trial he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel and that a stipulation designed to keep secret a transcript revealing defendant’s participation in other crimes was breached.

On November 24, 1976, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Robert Hedderman and Margaret Byron were murdered while working at the Hedderman Religious Shop located at *16050 Columbia Street in Albany. The murderer slit both victims’ throats after stabbing…