PEOPLE v. ABNER

Docket No. 4152.

209 Cal.App.2d 484 (1962)

25 Cal. Rptr. 882

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIS ABNER, Defendant and Appellant.

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

November 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Polonsky for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John M. McInerny and Eric Collins, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BRAY, P.J.

Defendant appeals from judgment, after trial without a jury, convicting him of 11 crimes.1

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Did the fingerprint expert's inability to enumerate 12 points of similarity between defendant's admitted fingerprints and those found at the scenes of the crimes deny defendant the right of fair cross-examination?

2. Sufficiency of the identification of defendant and alleged improbability...

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