Yoder

By an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, defendant Harvey H. Yoder was charged with two counts of robbery in violation of section 211 of Penal Code.

The information further alleged that defendant had suffered two prior convictions of felonies, to wit, stealing an automobile in the State of Nebraska and the crime of burglary in the State of Nevada and that he had served separate terms of imprisonment therefor in state prisons.

Defendant was represented by counsel and had a jury trial. Prior to the commencement of the trial, defendant admitted the priors as alleged in the information. Defendant was found guilty as charged in the information; the jury returned its verdict of guilty of the crime of robbery as to both counts. It found that defendant was armed at the time of the *531 commission of the offenses and fixed the degree of the crime in each instance as robbery in the first degree. A probation report was ordered; probation was denied and defendant was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law. Sentences as to counts one and two were ordered to run concurrently with each other.

Defendant applied for appointment of counsel to…