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PEOPLE v. WELCH

Docket No. Crim. 7050.

58 Cal.2d 271 (1962)

373 P.2d 427

23 Cal. Rptr. 363

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN LAWRENCE WELCH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 31, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Ward, Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant pled guilty to robbery and to the murder of Rosalie Hettrick and Salvatore Testa, and stipulated personally and through his attorney that each of the offenses of murder was murder in the first degree. A jury trial on the issue of penalty was waived by defendant and his attorney, and after hearing evidence the court sentenced defendant to prison for the term prescribed by law on the robbery charge and imposed the death penalty on the murder charges...

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