PEOPLE v. RUIZ

Docket No. 6457.

265 Cal.App.2d 766 (1968)

71 Cal. Rptr. 519

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALEXANDER W. RUIZ, Defendant and Appellant.

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

September 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Pepin, under appointment by Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, John T. Murphy and Michael Buzzell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BROWN (H.C.), J.

Defendant was tried before a jury and convicted of burglary in the second degree (violation of Pen. Code, § 459). He contends on appeal (1) that the evidence used against him was obtained by an illegal search and seizure; (2) that the trial court erred in failing to instruct on an essential element of his defense regarding intoxication, which could negate intent, and (3) that there were errors in other instructions on the subject of intent.<...

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