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In 1939, Dewitt Clinton Cook was charged with murdering Anya Sosoyeva after striking her on the head with a piece of two-by-four wood on the campus of Los Angeles City College; she died hours later. Cook had also pleaded guilty to other charges including assault, robbery, and burglary. At trial on the murder charge, he refused to testify, so the court entered a not-guilty plea and the jury convicted him of first-degree murder and imposed the death penalty. On appeal, Cook argued there was insufficient evidence of premeditation absent his confessions, but the court held the jury could infer premeditation from the circumstances and his admissions, affirming the conviction and sentence.
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In 1939, Dewitt Clinton Cook was charged with murdering Anya Sosoyeva after striking her on the head with a piece of two-by-four wood on the campus of Los Angeles City College; she died hours later. Cook had also pleaded guilty to other charges including assault, robbery, and burglary. At trial on the murder charge, he refused to testify, so the court entered a not-guilty plea and the jury convicted him of first-degree murder and imposed the death penalty. On appeal, Cook argued there was insufficient evidence of premeditation absent his confessions, but the court held the jury could infer premeditation from the circumstances and his admissions, affirming the conviction and sentence.
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