PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. 5845.

13 Cal.App.3d 897 (1970)

91 Cal. Rptr. 786

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NOVA RICHARD SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stuart W. Knight, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler and Joel S. Primes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, Acting P.J.

After two mistrials a jury found defendant guilty of second degree robbery. He appeals from the judgment.

On a downtown street in Stockton Mrs. Alice Neil was the victim of a daylight purse-snatching. While the robber was yanking at her purse, Mrs. Neil looked directly into his face. The person was a male Negro wearing a dark jacket and corduroy cap. In court Mrs. Neil identified defendant as...

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