[DOWNLOAD] "People V. Purvis" by Supreme Court Of California ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Purvis
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 20, 1963
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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Appellant was charged with having murdered (Pen. Code, § 187) Hazel Wilson on December 19, 1957. He was also charged with the prior conviction (September 1950) of the second degree murder of his then wife, Eleanor Purvis. He admitted the prior, and entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree, found that he was sane at the time of the commission of the crime, and fixed the penalty at death. On appeal this court affirmed the conviction of first degree murder, but reversed and remanded on the sole question of penalty (People v. Purvis, 52 Cal. 2d 871 [346 P.2d 22]). On retrial, the second jury also returned a verdict of death. On review, that judgment was again reversed, and the case again remanded for retrial of the penalty issue (People v. Purvis, 56 Cal. 2d 93 [13 Cal. Rptr. 801, 362 P.2d 713]). On the third trial of that issue the extreme penalty was again imposed. Motions for a new trial, and for a reduction of the penalty to life imprisonment, were made and denied. The appeal from this judgment is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)