Campbell

People v. Campbell

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133 Cal. Rptr. 815·63 Cal. App. 3d 599
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 28, 19768503California4,859 words

Opinion

Opinion

After a trial by jury, defendant was found guilty of the following crimes (listed by information number):

No. 15144 — second degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) as charged in count I.

No. 15147 — petty theft (Pen. Code, § 488), a lesser included offense of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1) as charged in count I; grand theft of a firearm (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 3) as charged in count II; and receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496) as charged in count III.

No. 15170 — attempted theft of an automobile (Veh. Code, § 10851) as charged in count I.

No. 15216 — theft of an automobile (Veh. Code, § 10851) as charged in count I; and forgery of a check (Pen. Code, § 470) as charged in count II.

Defendant appeals from the judgments of conviction contending:

1. Pretrial determination of competence was not supported by the evidence.

2. Trial court should have, sua sponte, ordered further psychiatric testing.

3. Trial court failed to give required admonition.

4. Prejudicial error was committed by admission into evidence of a subsequent act.

5. Failure of the court to instruct as to evidence of other offenses was prejudicial error.

6. Defendant was denied…

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