California Supreme Court August 28, 1970, Crim. 12201 (People v. Tidwell)

Opinion

THE COURT.

Defendant and his brother, William Tidwell, were indicted for the murders of Jesse Levoy DeForest, Mary Jeannette DeForest and Keith Eugene Utterback. Following separate trials by jury, both brothers were convicted of murder in the first degree on all three counts and sentenced to death.