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PEOPLE v. VARNUM

Docket No. Crim. 12041.

70 Cal.2d 480 (1969)

450 P.2d 553

75 Cal. Rptr. 161

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS LAMAS VARNUM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Plotkin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Ronald M. George, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

SULLIVAN, J.

A jury found Thomas Varnum, John Jackson and Edward Jackson guilty of assault with intent to commit robbery against James H. Fields (Pen. Code, § 220),1 first degree murder of Norman Merrill (§§ 187, 189), kidnaping of Norman Merrill for the purpose of robbery (§ 209) and robbery of Norman Merrill (§ 211). The jury fixed Varnum's punishment at death for both the murder and the kidnaping.

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