Isaac

Kenneth Thomas Isaac and Richard Vasquez were accused by information of grand theft, consisting of the theft of aluminum ingots of the value of $4,864.40 from Triple A Metalcraft Corporation. Vasquez pleaded guilty; Isaac pleaded not guilty. In a non jury trial Isaac was adjudged guilty and was sentenced to state prison. He appeals from the judgment in propria persona.

For a variety of reasons urged by appellant in a flood of communications received from him from the prisons in which he has been incarcerated, his time for filing an opening brief was extended for more than a year. He has filed a comprehensive brief.

*377 Appellant advances nine reasons for reversal of the judgment. All are wholly lacking in merit and only three relate to legitimate grounds of appeal. They are a claim of insufficiency of the evidence of guilt, unlawful discovery of the stolen property and claimed denial of the assistance of counsel at the trial.

At the trial appellant was represented by a deputy public defender. There was evidence of the following facts. A large number of aluminum ingots with a value of $4,864.40, the property of Triple A Metalcraft Corporation in Los Angeles, were stolen.…