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- Title: People V. Mcdowell
- Author : Supreme Court Of California In Bank
- Release Date : January 27, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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MOSK, J. Defendant was charged by indictment with the following crimes: robbery of Bernadette Henderson (count I), assault of Bernadette Henderson with intent to commit rape (count II), assault of Bernadette Henderson by means of force likely to produce great bodily harm (count III), burglary (count IV), murder of Mildred Pedrick (count V), and robbery of Mildred Pedrick (count VI). He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury acquitted him on count II and convicted him on all other counts. In subsequent phases of the trial the jury found him sane and fixed the penalty on the murder count at death. The appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)