Hawkins

A jury found defendants Hawkins and Irons guilty of robbery of the first degree. New trials were denied and they were sentenced to state prison. They appeal from the judgments and orders denying new trials. The only point made is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdicts.

In the early morning of May 12, 1960, Milton Adams, Sid Gentry, and Faytonia Jones drove in Gentry’s car to a hamburger stand at Broadway and Vernon in Los Angeles. Gentry parked the car across the street from the stand. Adams had two $20 bills in his pocket. The two men left the car, crossed the street, went to the stand, and ordered a hamburger and coffee. Adams paid for them with one of the $20 bills.

As Adams paid the bill, defendant Irons who was at the stand “tried to start a crap game” with Adams. Gentry told Irons they were not gambling, but going home. Adams put the change in his pocket and he and Gentry started across the street, carrying a hamburger for Faytonia J ones. As they left the stand Irons said, “I’ll get him,” and went across the street following Adams and Gentry. Defendant Hawkins, who either appeared on the scene at the time or was at the stand, went down the street, cut…