Judgment affirmed.
In our opinion defendant's guilt was established by the overwhelming weight of the evidence. Accordingly, the court's omission to charge that the jury were not to consider the question of punishment, as required by section 420 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, may be disregarded (Code Crim. Pro., § 542). We do not find that defendant's representation by assigned counsel was so ineffective as to constitute the trial "a farce and a mockery of...
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