Stadnick

Appellants Edward P. Stadnick and Zella Mae Snyder appeal from judgments convicting them of first degree robbery in violation of section 211 of the Penal Code; they also appeal from the orders denying their motions for new trials.

Initially, appellants were charged in a four-count information with a codefendant, Timothy M. Burke. Count One charged that appellant Stadnick and Burke had robbed one John Hamlinn of $165 on January 9, 1960, and that at the time of the commission of the offense they were armed with a .380 Belgium Automatic Pistol. Count Two charged that appellants Snyder and Burke robbed one Mary G. Sparks of $20 on January 10, 1960, while similarly armed. In the third and fourth counts, the codefendant Burke was separately charged with two additional robberies on January 10,1960. Appellant Stadnick also was charged with two prior felony convictions which he admitted. Following the selection of a jury, the codefendant Burke, who was separately repre seated by counsel other than counsel representing appellants, changed his plea to guilty to all counts. The matter then proceeded to trial on the remaining counts involving appellants; it resulted in verdicts that…