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This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of four counts of armed robbery and an attempted appeal from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on August 12, 1966, defendant was charged in count I with robbing Albert Bobbins of certain personal property on or about July 20, 1966, and it was charged that at the time of the commission of the offense defendant was armed with a deadly weapon, namely, a knife; in count II defendant was charged with robbing Louis J. Seigel on July 10, 1966, while armed as stated in count I; in count III with robbing Frank Ptashne on June 24, 1966, while armed as stated in count I; and in count IV with robbing Archie C. Sweazea on May 27, 1966, and it was charged that at the time of the commission of the offense defendant was armed with deadly weapons, namely, a knife and a revolver. Defendant pleaded not guilty. In a jury trial defendant was found guilty on each count as charged in the information and it was found that he was armed in each instance as charged. The robbery, in each count, was found to be in the first degree. Defendant was sentenced to the state prison, the terms to run consecutively. A…