Cox

People v. Cox

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109 Cal. Rptr. 43·1973 Cal. App. LEXIS 897·33 Cal. App. 3d 378
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 9, 1973Crim. 22177California1,676 words

Opinion

Opinion

Files, J.

In case A 0,11498 a jury found defendant guilty of two counts of robbery (Pen. Code,. § 211) and found that he was armed with a shotgun at the time of the commission of the offense. On May 16, 1972, he was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law for first degree robbery on each count. At the same time, in case A 009958, in which defendant had been convicted and placed on probation for violation of Vehicle Code section 23105, probation was revoked, and he was sentenced to prison for that offense. Also in case A 010275, where defendant had previously been granted probation after conviction for burglary, second degree, in violation of Penal Code section 459, probation was revoked and defendant was sentenced to state prison. All terms were ordered to run concurrently. Defendant is appealing from the judgment in each case.

Since defendant was properly convicted of robbery in case A 011498, the trial court was justified in revoking the probation granted in the two earlier cases, and the judgments imposed in those two cases were altogether proper.

The principal contention raised by defendant with respect to the robbery conviction is that certain incriminating…

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