PEOPLE v. KING

Docket No. 13588.

266 Cal.App.2d 437 (1968)

72 Cal. Rptr. 478

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDWARD LEE KING, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

October 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Thomas, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas Kerrigan, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


NUTTER, J. pro tem.*

Appellant was convicted by a jury of arson, the burning of a Thrifty Drug Store at Central and Washington in the Watts area of Los Angeles. He was acquitted of two other counts of arson. This appeal follows a denial of probation, a sentence to state prison and a denial of a motion for new trial.

This case was an outgrowth of the fires, riots and disturbances in the south central area of Los Angeles in August...

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