PEOPLE v. NEWTON

Docket No. 1621.

42 Cal.App.3d 292 (1974)

116 Cal. Rptr. 690

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES DOYLE NEWTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

August 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Glen W. Schofield, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Marjory Winston Parker, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GARGANO, J.

On October 23, 1972, a man carrying a .32 automatic pistol and wearing a knit stocking ski cap pulled down over his face entered the Bottle n-Cork Liquor Store in Modesto, California; he approached James Hertzell, an employee at the store, and said, "Shh, I know there's somebody in the back." Then, the gunman ordered the employee to hand over the money in the cash register and his wallet; the wallet was embossed...

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