PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Docket No. A031780.

193 Cal.App.3d 1686 (1987)

239 Cal. Rptr. 255

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH A. WATKINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

August 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael M. Sims, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Ann K. Jensen and Michael I. Mintz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ELKINGTON, Acting P.J.

Defendant Joseph A. Watkins (Watkins) was found guilty by a jury's verdicts of two counts of arson (Pen. Code, § 451, subd. (d)), and was thereafter placed on probation. He has appealed from the order granting probation.

An ongoing feud had existed between Watkins and his next-door neighbors (the neighbors) for more than 20 years. It centered around a boundary dispute, and it eventuated...

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