PEOPLE v. SPATES

Docket No. Crim. 6436.

53 Cal.2d 33 (1959)

346 P.2d 5

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JAMES SPATES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Klein, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

After trial before the court without a jury, defendant appeals from a judgment of guilty of (a) robbery in the first degree and (b) attempted robbery in the first degree.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People, the record discloses that on the morning of February 28, 1958, defendant and Harold Langdon robbed a liquor store at 7528 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. The two men, each armed with pistols, separately entered...

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