Faulkner

conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree robbery on two counts (Pen. Code, §§211 and 211a) and possession of a firearm by a felon (Pen. Code, § 12021) on two counts.

Facts

The facts giving rise to the above conviction grew out of two isolated robberies: robbery of Daniel Carmon Booth (“Booth”) on April 24, 1970 (“first robbery”) and robbery of David D. Jones (“Jones”) on January 10, 1971 (“second robbery”).

First robbery: Booth’s testimony concerning the first robbery can be summarized as follows: On April 24, 1970, at approximately 3 p.m., Booth was on duty as manager of the Royal Motel located on MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland. At that time a male Negro, about 5' 6"-5' 7" tall entered the motel office. He asked the price of a room. He wore a khaki wool “chuke” cap and had a short moustache and beard. Suddenly, he turned and pointed a revolver at Booth demanding all the money on hand. Booth opened the cash drawer and tire man took approximately $19 and then fled, from the well-lighted office. Booth identified appellant as the robber both at the pretrial lineups and in court.

Second robbery: On January 10, 1971, at about 5 a.m., Jones was…