(Download) "People V. Allen" by Supreme Court Of California * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Allen
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 13, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
Description
In March 1976, defendants Eugene Allen and Ernest E. Graham were convicted of violating Penal Code section 4500, aggravated assault by a life prisoner. At the time the offense was committed, section 4500 prescribed the death penalty as the automatic, mandatory punishment whenever, as in this case, the assault was directed against a nonprisoner and resulted in the victim's death within a year and a day. Accordingly, the trial court sentenced both defendants to death. The case is now before this court pursuant to the statutorily prescribed automatic appeal. (Cal. Const., art. VI, § 11; Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).)