King

People v. King

Good Law
183 Cal. App. 2d 390
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 29, 1960Crim. No. 7246California842 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Perry Theodore King, Thomas Brazil Williams and Wallace Wise were accused by information of having robbed Loren Medlin of $55. It was alleged that in the commission of the offense defendants were armed with a deadly weapon, to wit, a .38 caliber revolver. In a jury trial the defendants were convicted of robbery of the first degree; it was found that King was armed but that Williams was not. Williams made a motion for new trial which was denied. He noticed an appeal in propria persona which we construe to be an appeal from the order as well as from the judgment.

At the trial King and Wise were represented by the public defender. James 0. Williams was appointed under section 987a, Penal Code, to represent defendant Williams.

There was evidence of the following facts. Medlin was a clerk in a liquor store on Central Avenue in Los Angeles; at about 10 p.m., Williams and Wise entered the store and went to the rear where they engaged Medlin in conversation ■ King entered the store, drew a gun and said “This is a holdup” and fired a shot which struck an adding machine and ricocheted striking Medlin in the abdomen; Williams and Wise were standing in the rear of the store with their hands…

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