People v. Henderson

—This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of robbery and assault with intent to commit robbery.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on September 29, 1966, Henderson, with Ralph Davxs as a eodefendant, was charged in count 1 with robbing Donald Reid of certain personal property on August 8, 1966, in count 2 with robbing Oscar Bright of certain personal property on August 8, 1966, in count 3 with robbing George Blassinghame of certain personal property on August 8, 1966, in count 4 with committing an assault upon Donald Reid with the intent by means of force to take personal property from the possession of Reid. It was further separately alleged in each count that defendants were at the time of the commission of the respective offenses armed with deadly weapons, namely a pistol and a rifle. It was further alleged that Henderson had previously been convicted of robbery in Los Angeles in February 1964. Henderson admitted the previous conviction and pleaded not guilty. In a jury trial Henderson was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to the state prison. A timely notice of appeal was filed.

A résumé of some of the facts is as follows: Reid on August 8, 1966, had…