Westmoreland

After a joint trial, appellants Ronnie Lynn Westmoreland, Charlene Sue Easley and Shirley Ellen Bramlette were convicted by a jury of kidnaping for the purpose of robbeiy with bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 209), robbery in the first degree (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 211a) and assault with intent to commit murder (Pen. Code, § 217). Appellants have appealed from the judgments entered on the jury’s verdicts, raising numerous contentions for reversal. Because appellants wish to go outside of the record to present additional evidence on a crucial constitutional point, each also has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. Accordingly, we have consolidated the habeas corpus proceedings with the appeal. (In re Hwamei (1974) 37 Cal.App.3d 554, 557 [ 112 Cal.Rptr. 646 ]; In re Miller (1973) 33 Cal.App.3d 1005, 1009 [ 109 Cal.Rptr. 648 ].)

On Friday, May 18, 1973, Ronnie Westmoreland, Charlene Easley and Shirley Bramlette went to the apartment of Doria Jean Star, who was managing the apartment complex where she was living; Westmoreland and Easley were living together in an apartment in Bakersfield along with Easley’s three children, and they were trying to find another apartment; Star and…