District Court, N.D. California July 22, 1957, No. 34458 (Simpson v. Teets)

ROCHE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Henry Simpson, was convicted of counseling, advising, and encouraging his 13 year old son to kill Simpson’s wife. After trial by jury a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was returned, without recommendation, and a sentence of death imposed.

The California Supreme Court, on the mandatory appeal unanimously affirmed the judgment. People v.