People V. Coleman

TRAYNOR, C.J. A jury found defendant guilty of the first degree murder of Vincent Sulezich and fixed the penalty at death. The trial court denied a motion for a new trial or to reduce the penalty to life imprisonment and entered judgment on the verdict. This appeal is automatic. (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b).) We also have before us a petition for habeas corpus challenging the judgment.