People v. Dorado

Supreme Court of California · Decided 1965-01-29

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TOBRINER, J. Defendant appeals from a judgment on a verdict finding him guilty of violation of Penal Code section 4500, which provides for the automatic penalty of death. The indictment charged defendant, a 26-year-old prisoner serving a life term for sale of marijuana, with malicious assault with a deadly weapon which resulted in a fellow prisoner’s death. The court denied defendant…

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