PEOPLE v. CANFIELD

Docket No. Crim. 17546.

12 Cal.3d 699 (1974)

527 P.2d 633

117 Cal. Rptr. 81

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CORINTHIANS CANFIELD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Leslie C. Nichols, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Harold E. Shabo and Martin Stein, Deputy Public Defenders, and Rose Elizabeth Bird as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., and Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William E. James and Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorneys General, Derald E. Granberg, Thomas P. Dove and Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

McCOMB, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment (order granting probation) of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of auto theft (Veh. Code, § 10851).

Facts: On the afternoon of October 6, 1971, Joan Petroni parked and locked her 1967 green Buick automobile in front of her home in San Jose and took the keys into the house. The following morning the Buick was gone.

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