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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. Crim. 6983.

57 Cal.2d 263 (1962)

368 P.2d 353

18 Cal. Rptr. 729

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LORENZO WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 25, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Cuff, Public Defender, Edward B. Olsen and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and George W. Kell, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

DOOLING, J.

Defendant was charged, in two counts, with the crimes of burglary and robbery. The charges rested on these allegations: defendant's unlawful entry of the apartment of Charlotte Young with intent to commit theft and there robbing one Earl Howe while armed with a revolver. Upon arraignment he entered a plea of not guilty to both counts. In a jury trial and following the prosecution's failure to produce Miss Young as a witness, the burglary charge upon motion...

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