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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) of Murder in Shea and Hinman Cases BY RON EINSTOSS Times Staff Writer Cult leader Charles Manson, al- ready under sentence of death for the seven Tate-La Bianca slayings, was convicted Tuesday of two more ' murders and had to be hustled from the courtroom after the verdicts were. read. A jury in Superior Judge. Ray- mond Choate's court found Manson guilty of the 1969 killings of musi- cian-student Gary Hinman, 34, and ranch hand Donald (Shorty} Shea, 185, and ofan additional count of:con- Spiracy in the death of Hinman. Manson showed little emotion when the jury's verdict—reached af- ter nine days: of deliberation—was announced by court clerk Joyce FHoit. However, a few minutes later, when Choate rejected Manson's oft- repeated request to dismiss I. A, Kanarek as his attorney, the hippie leader launched into another of his tirades and had to be taken from the courtroom by bailiffs.: Penalty Trial to Open On the way out, he calied back to; the jury of eight men and four wom, en, "Are you proud? Are you proud?" Choate ordered that the penalty trial begin Thursday. Manson faces three more death penalties — conspiracy te commit murder carries the same penalty as first-degreé murder—to go with the cight he already has (there also was a conspiracy conviction in the Tate- La Bianca. case), or life in prison. ‘His second trial for the most part was conducted from its beginning on Jiine, 23 without the worldwide attention which was focused on his %14-month trial for the Taté ahd La ca slayings. (Mount Clipping in Space Below) There seldom were more than a hanatul“of spectators. inP“Cisate's Hall of Justice courtroom, but the! 36-year-old Manson- was seldom! there, either. He spent most of the ‘trial in an adjacent lockup, usually at his re- quest, and at other times on order of the. court because of disorderly con- duct. | Seven Convicted in 'Family' In all, nine members of Manson's \iso-called "family" have. been ‘charged with murder and seven ‘have been convicted: Manson, Susan Atkins, Robert Beausoleil, Charles (Tex) Watson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and Steve Gro- (gan, ; a Beausoleil and Grogan were found guilty of the Hinman killing and the others of the Tate-La Bianca slay- ‘ings. Beausoleil was sentenced to ,death, Watson is awaiting the same ‘disposition and Grogan's trial is in! | the penalty stage. Of the remaining two, Bruce Davis {(for Hinman and Shea) and. Mary T. ‘Brunner (for Hinman) still must face trial. 1 Several other Manson followers :remain to be prosecuted for other of-| fenses, including robbery—a Haw- , thorne surplus store and West Covi- :ma beer distributor—and escape. ' he escape charges, against Ken- lneth (Curly) Como and Sandra 'Good, stem from Como's rie flight from County Jail two weeks {260, with the alleged aid of, Miss! Good. He was recaptured after seven hours of freedom. 1 or ttiman-Shea murders are the last with which Manson is charged. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) k T-3 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Calif. pate: 11/3/71 Edition: Wednesday Final Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Los Angeles ([] Being Investigated SEARCHED_.....__ INDEXED} SERIALIZEDL YY FILED. CU ACT 31971 12 FBI—LOS ANGELES