Gould

People v. Gould

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1960 Cal. LEXIS 194·54 Cal. 2d 621·7 Cal. Rptr. 273·354 P.2d 865
Supreme Court of CaliforniaAugust 23, 1960Crim. 6617California3,103 words

Opinion

Opinion

Traynor, J.

A jury found defendants Jewell Ashby Gould and Andrew Peter Marudas guilty of burglary in the second degree. Each defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.

At the trial Mrs. Marguerite Fenwick testified that at noon on August 26, 1958, she left her apartment on Shoreham Drive and went to the swimming pool. When she returned about six minutes later for suntan oil, she saw a man standing on the steps outside her door and found the door slightly ajar. She saw a second man in her apartment who shouted: “Go into the bedroom and stay there.” She walked towards the bedroom and heard the front door close behind her. Looking out the window she saw the same two men running away. She subsequently noticed some coins on the floor and discovered that about $15 was missing from her purse.

About 1 p. m. Officer Brewer arrived and showed Mrs. Fenwick seven to ten small photographs. She selected two— one of Marudas as the man on the steps and one of Gould as the man inside her apartment. On several subsequent occasions she identified the same two photographs or enlargements thereof.

Officer Cataldi testified that when arrested Gould at…

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