PEOPLE v. JONES

Docket No. 4314.

232 Cal.App.2d 379 (1965)

42 Cal. Rptr. 714

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LYNWOOD JONES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

February 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Potter and Malcolm J. Rainsford, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Michael R. Marron, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


DEVINE, J.

This is an appeal from judgment of conviction of murder in the second degree.

I. THE FACTS

A. The Victim

The body of Alice Faye Jones, who, though having the same name, was not the wife of appellant, nor related to him, was found by her young son at about 6:40 p.m. on Sunday, August 12, 1962. Norris Finlayson, M.D., an experienced autopsy surgeon, testified that death was caused by strangulation, and that a considerable...

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