Rankin

In an earlier trial, defendant Willie Rankin was acquitted of robbery but convicted of being an accessory after the fact (Pen. Code, § 32 ) and acquiring a credit card with intent to use it fraudulently (§§ 484e, subd. (3) and 487, subd. 1). This court then reversed in an unpublished opinion based on evidentiary and instructional errors. (People v. Rankin (Oct. 24, 1990) D010454.) In a second trial, Rankin was again convicted of identical charges. He appeals, now alleging different types of instructional and evidentiary error. On this occasion we are unpersuaded and affirm the judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

Having been previously acquitted of robbing Marjorie Reid, Rankin was retried on charges of assisting the perpetrator after the robbery and of fraudulently using one of Reid’s credit cards.

The Robbery of Marjorie Reid

On October 16, 1988, Marjorie Reid and her husband, Fred, were in San Diego to attend a meeting. That evening after dinner, Marjorie was assaulted in the parking lot of their Mission Valley hotel and her purse stolen. No one witnessed the assault, although Fred arrived shortly afterward to assist his wife. As a result of injuries…