PEOPLE v. NICHOLS

Docket No. 3554.

171 Cal.App.2d 320 (1959)

340 P.2d 727

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THOMAS CLOYD NICHOLS, Appellant.

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

June 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Piercy, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, and Piercy & Rogers for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and Peter T. Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


KAUFMAN, P.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of robbery in the first degree. He also appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial. He contends that the judgment must be reversed because the prosecution announced to the jury that his associate Winslow had pleaded guilty and introduced into evidence guns not connected with him or the crime.

The circumstances of the robbery are as follows...

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