PEOPLE v. MERCER

Docket No. 901.

103 Cal.App.2d 782 (1951)

230 P.2d 4

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CHARLES R. MERCER et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

April 25, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Weller for Appellants.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Gilbert Harelson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


GRIFFIN, J.

Defendants Charles R. Mercer and Carl Shockley were convicted by a jury of the crime of burglary (second degree) of a night club known as "Club Towers," near Colton. This appeal is based specifically on the questions of (1) the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict; (2) misdirection of the jury on a question of law; and (3) denying the motion for a new trial.

The fact that the night club was burglarized is not disputed. The facts...

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