PEOPLE v. TORRES

Docket No. 1143.

152 Cal.App.2d 636 (1957)

313 P.2d 197

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. SALVADOR TORRES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

July 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale C. Miller, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Lynn Henry Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


GRIFFIN, J.

In an amended information defendant was charged with violating section 4532, subdivision (a) of the Penal Code (escape from lawful custody of a police officer without violence, he then being charged with a felony, armed robbery). A jury trial resulted in a guilty verdict.

On this appeal defendant's main claim is that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict. He concedes that he escaped from the custody of the arresting officer but argues...

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