Tempomgko

People v. Tempomgko

Good Law
134 Cal. App. 209·1933 Cal. App. LEXIS 69·25 P.2d 245
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 18, 1933Docket No. 2390.California469 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Craig, J.

By two counts of an information the appellant and two other men were charged with burglary and receiving stolen property, and the appellant was also charged with a violation of section 146 of the California Vehicle Act and with having twice previously been convicted of felonies. Upon a trial without a jury his co-defendants pleaded guilty, the appellant admitted the prior convictions, and was found guilty upon the charge of burglary. He appeals upon the sole ground of alleged insufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment.

The evidence showed that the home of four witnesses was entered between 8 and 11 o’clock in the evening during their absence therefrom. They testified that many articles of wearing apparel and other personal property were missing upon their return. When next seen by either of these witnesses their property was at the police station. Officers testified that they recovered a portion of the same from the home of the defendants in another part of the city, and that the latter repeatedly stated when questioned that another, whom they named, had left the property with them. Friends of the defendants, from whom certain articles were recovered, testified that…

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