Neely

This is an appeal from the judgments and sentences rendered after verdicts of guilty by a jury, wherein the appellant was charged with and convicted of robbery and murder.

In an information filed in Los Angeles County, the co-defendant Neely and appellant Norman W. Golland, were charged in count I with robbery in that they did about December 28, 1956, while armed with a deadly weapon, by force and fear, take $14 from the person and immediate presence of Vera Kaloostian. In count II Neely and appellant were charged with murdering Joseph Walter Leopold.

It was alleged in the information that Neely had previously been convicted of forgery in about 1956, and had served a term in the federal prison therefor, and had been convicted of robbery in Los Angeles County in about 1952, and had served a term in the state prison therefor. It was alleged that Golland had previously been convicted of forgery of a fictitious name in about 1951, and robbery in about 1952, and had served separate terms in the state prison for each of said offenses. On February 20, 1957, Neely denied the prior convictions and entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and three doctors were…