# People v. Morse

> California Supreme Court · January 7, 1964 · 60 Cal. 2d 631

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545538

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH BERNARD MORSE, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 7, 1964
- **Citations:** 60 Cal. 2d 631; 36 Cal. Rptr. 201; 388 P.2d 33; 12 A.L.R. 3d 810; 1964 Cal. LEXIS 274
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Tobriner, McComb
- **Cited by:** 345 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Disapproved on other grounds by People v. Daniels, 52 Cal. 3d 815 (1991).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545538

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I would affirm the judgment in its entirety, to wit: (a) finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and (b) fixing the penalty at death.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545538. Public record. Not legal advice.