Taylor

Defendant, convicted by a jury of three counts of first degree burglary and one count of attempted second degree burglary, was sentenced to state prison. He appeals.

There is no issue raised as to sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions. Defendant, however, claims error in the following particulars:

We have examined the entire record, including superior court files A-127914 and A-126656. We set forth the relevant evidence in some detail.

I

The Arrest of June 22, 1973

On June 22, 1973, at 4:40 or 4:45 a.m., Officers Donald J. Burch and Michael J. Thomas of the Los Angeles Police Department were on patrol in a marked police vehicle at Topanga Canyon and Saticoy. They received an “all units call” that a “cat burglaiy” had occurred at 20216 Delita. This location is two or three blocks south of Ventura and within a block or two of Winnetka.

The officers arrived at the intersection of Winnetka and Ventura within three or four minutes and parked at the northwest corner. They saw a yellow van proceeding on Winnetka. The defendant, a male Negro, was driving. Only four or five minutes had elapsed. The direction in which the van was proceeding was away from the…