PEOPLE v. DOWNS

Docket No. 2800.

114 Cal.App.2d 758 (1952)

251 P.2d 369

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. EMERY LEE DOWNS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

December 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan C. Coghlan for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, David K. Lener, Deputy Attorney General, N.J. Menard, District Attorney (Santa Clara), L.P. Bergna, Assistant District Attorney, for Respondent.


DOOLING, J.

The defendant was convicted of burglary and robbery. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and from an order denying his motion for new trial.

On June 3, 1948, shortly before midnight two men entered a building of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company in San Jose. While these men were engaged in taking money from a safe two janitors employed by the company entered the room and were compelled...

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