PEOPLE v. KNOWLES

Docket No. Crim. 4992.

35 Cal.2d 175 (1950)

217 P.2d 1

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. DAVID KNOWLES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalind G. Bates and Aileen M. MacLymont for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Henry A. Dietz, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant and Caryl Chessman were jointly charged by information with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of kidnapping for the purpose of robbery, and one count of grand theft. Defendant waived a jury and was tried separately. The trial court found him guilty on both counts of robbery and both counts of kidnapping, but not guilty on the count of grand theft. It determined that one kidnapping involved bodily harm to the victim and sentenced appellant...

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