PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. Crim. 16351.

8 Cal.3d 518 (1972)

503 P.2d 1374

105 Cal. Rptr. 366

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Clifford Douglas, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herbert L. Ashby and Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, William R. Pounders, Geoffrey S. Cantrell and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

A court, sitting without a jury, found Michael Thomas guilty of violating Vehicle Code section 10851 (taking vehicle without owner's consent with intent permanently or temporarily to deprive owner of its possession) and sentenced him to prison.1 He appeals, contending that the trial judge was disqualified, that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, and that the failure...

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