Bartges

In two separate amended informations filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, defendant was accused of the crimes of forgery and grand theft.

The amended informations also charged that the accused previously had been convicted of arson, larceny and larceny by bailee, and grand theft. He was -tried and convicted of both crimes and judgments were entered on September 1, 1953, wherein it was stated that the allegations of prior convictions alleged in the information were true.

Defendant appealed from the judgments of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

On July 28, 1954, this court filed its opinion affirming the judgments of the trial court finding that there was evidence, including certified copies of records of state prisons showing commitment to such institutions of someone bearing the same name .as the appellant; testimony of a fingerprint expert that the fingerprints of the appellant were of the same person as those appearing on the prison records; and his admission on cross-examination that he had been previously convicted of those crimes, to show that be had previously been convicted of the three crimes charged, and that therefore…