PEOPLE v. YANIKIAN

Docket No. 24571.

39 Cal.App.3d 366 (1974)

114 Cal. Rptr. 188

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GOURGEN MKRTICH YANIKIAN, Defendant and Appellant.

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

May 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lindsey & Newman, James T. Lindsey and Vasken Minasian for Defendant and Appellant.

David D. Minier, District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

POTTER, J.

Defendant, Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian, an Armenian by birth, was found guilty by a jury of the first degree murders (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189) of two Turkish consular officials, which occurred on January 27, 1973, at the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel.

He appeals from the judgment of conviction on each of two counts of first degree murder committed while...

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