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Case file · Los Angeles County Superior Court, California, United States

Charles Milles Manson: charges, verdict and sentence

People
v.
Manson
Los Angeles County Superior Court, California, United States · 1969 to 2017

Charles Manson was convicted in Los Angeles County of seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for deaths in August 1969, and in December 1971 of two further first-degree murders. His death sentences were vacated after People v. Anderson (1972) and modified to life imprisonment. He was denied parole 12 times and died in state custody on 19 November 2017.

Where it stands nowManson died in state custody on 19 November 2017, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Charges and outcomes

ChargeOutcomeDate
First-degree murder, seven counts, and conspiracy to commit murder (August 1969 deaths)1,2Convicted1971
First-degree murder (July 1969 death)2Convicted13 December 1971
First-degree murder (August 1969 death, separate case)2Convicted13 December 1971

Sentence

Death, vacated in 1972 after People v. Anderson and modified to life imprisonment on 2 February 1977. California did not then have life without parole.

Court record, stage by stage

  1. indictmentIndicted with codefendants on seven counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder1
    Los Angeles County Superior Court
  2. trialJoint jury trial with three codefendants, who were all found guilty as charged1
    Los Angeles County Superior Court
  3. sentenceThe same jury imposed death sentences after the penalty phase1,2
    Los Angeles County Superior Court
  4. sentenceReceived into state prison from Los Angeles County2
  5. verdictConvicted of two further first-degree murders in separate proceedings2
    Los Angeles County Superior Court
  6. resentencingDeath sentence vacated following People v. Anderson, which invalidated California's death penalty2
    Los Angeles County Superior Court
  7. appealCourt of Appeal issued its opinion on the appeals of Manson and three codefendants after transfer from the California Supreme Court1
    California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
  8. resentencingSentence modified to life imprisonment2
  9. appealDenied parole for the 12th time since his first hearing on 16 November 19782
    California Board of Parole Hearings
  10. deathDied of natural causes at a Kern County hospital while in the custody of California State Prison, Corcoran2

Sources

  1. Justia (California Court of Appeal opinion), People v. Manson, 61 Cal. App. 3d 102 (1976) (13 August 1976) · court or official record
  2. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Inmate Charles Manson dies of natural causes (19 November 2017) · court or official record

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