People v. Jackson

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction on three counts of armed robbery.

In an information filed in Los Angeles County the appellant was charged with four counts of robbery in violation of the provisions of section 211 of the Penal Code. Counts I, II and III had to do with offenses which occurred on July 21, 1958. Count IV had to do with an offense committed on August 16, 1958. Count III was dismissed upon motion of the appellant under the provisions of section 995 Penal Code.

The trial was before a jury and the appellant was found guilty as charged in counts I, II and IV. The jury also found the offense in each instance to be robbery in the first degree and further found that the appellant was armed at the time of the commission of each of the offenses. A motion for a new trial was denied. Appellant’s counsel was relieved from further representation of the appellant. The appeal is “from the denial of a motion for a new trial, and the judgment and sentence rendered against ...” the appellant.

A résumé of some of the facts is as follows:

Moses Forrest, Jr., was in his store on Central Avenue at about 6 :15 p.m. on July 21, 1958. Some friends of his were in the back of…