Ray

A complaint charging defendant with three felonies was filed in the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District and he pleaded guilty to each count in the municipal court. (Pen. Code, § 859a.) The case was certified to the superior court. On June 26, 1964, the People moved to amend the complaint to charge two prior felony convictions. No reporter’s transcript for the proceedings on that day is before us, but the minutes appearing in the clerk’s transcript read as follows: ‘ ‘ On motion of People, amendment to information [sic] is filed, charging allegation of two priors. Defendant waives arraignment on amendment. Defendant denies priors. Further proceedings and disposition of priors continued to July 10,1964, at 9 :00 a.m.”

On July 10, there was a hearing in the superior court at which time a probation report was apparently before the court. At that hearing the deputy district attorney offered certified copies of the prior convictions in evidence and after some discussion involving principally the propriety of charging the prior convictions, the copies were apparently received and the court found the priors to be “good.” After a referral to the psychiatric department…