PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

Docket No. 297.

251 Cal.App.2d 506 (1967)

59 Cal. Rptr. 459

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID HAMILTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

June 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest H. Tuttle, appointed by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Roger E. Venturi and Richard L. Hamilton, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CONLEY, P.J.

The defendant, David Hamilton, admits that he stole a valuable diamond ring from a jewelry store in the City of Tulare, but denies that he had the intention to commit theft when he entered the store, and, therefore, argues that he is not guilty of second degree burglary, the crime of which he was convicted. While, from the ethical standpoint, it is somewhat curious to hear an admission of what would constitute one major felony in the course of denying...

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