PEOPLE v. BATTLE

Docket No. 1574.

188 Cal.App.2d 627 (1961)

10 Cal. Rptr. 525

THE PEOPLE, Appellant, v. JOE BATTLE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

January 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell E. Lathrop, District Attorney, and Charles E. Ward, Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney, for Appellant.

Edward P. Foley, Public Defender, and Edward F. Buckner, Deputy Public Defender, for Respondent.


GRIFFIN, P.J.

Defendant-respondent was convicted by a jury of the crime of forgery, i.e., violation of Penal Code, section 470. Plaintiff-appellant appeals from an order granting a motion for a new trial on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence.

The evidence produced shows that a licensed public accountant, one Jackson, had a contractor client named Weston B. Nunn. Jackson maintained his client's books and kept all of his records in his office, including...

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