PEOPLE v. HOUSTON

Docket No. 73.

219 Cal.App.2d 187 (1963)

33 Cal. Rptr. 26

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM ANDREW HOUSTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

August 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Tosaw, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, and Collier & Tosaw for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CONLEY, P.J.

William Andrew Houston was found guilty by a jury of armed robbery and kidnaping. Although the defendant admits that he has been convicted of 15 other armed robberies, he contends that the jury was mistaken this time.

The appellant took the stand in his own behalf and denied that he had committed the offenses charged; this defense was bolstered by written documents and the testimony of witnesses from southern California which showed that the defendant...

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