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People v. Ayers

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 16, 1975No. Crim. 26345PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

COMPTON, J.

Eloise Popeil and Dan Ayers were charged in an information with conspiracy to commit murder and with soliciting one Donald Reed and Robert Peeler to commit murder. The objective of the conspiracy and the solicitation was the killing of Eloise’s estranged husband Samuel Popeil, a wealthy Chicago businessman.

After a trial which lasted over 60 days and produced testimony consuming some 5,000 pages of transcript, the jury returned a verdict finding Eloise guilty of the solicitation of Peeler, and Ayers guilty of the solicitation of both Reed and Peeler. Both defendants appeal…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. White v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. People v. LyonsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  5. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. PhillipsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. People v. CollieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
  3. People v. HernandezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  4. In Re MisenerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
  5. People v. CooksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983

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