PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. 5361.

134 Cal.App.2d 423 (1955)

285 P.2d 958

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. PAUL R. THOMPSON, Appellant.

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

July 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Brian Weinberg and Harold J. Ackerman for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and James C. Maupin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


FOX, J.

Defendant was convicted of attempted extortion in violation of Penal Code, section 524. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Defendant was manager of the Termite Company, which employed William Gerber. The latter's employment, however, was terminated around the middle of October, 1953. On May 29th of that year the Termite Company made a contract with Mr. and Mrs. Locke to do some termite work...

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