Wilson

People v. Wilson

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1963 Cal. App. LEXIS 1705·222 Cal. App. 2d 616·35 Cal. Rptr. 280
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 26, 1963Crim. No. 4308California522 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Devine, J.

Appellant was convicted of burglary. The owner of the things alleged to have been taken in the course of the burglary testified that the doors of his home were *617 locked when he left in the morning, and that when he returned in the evening an electric iron, a hatchet and several hand tools were missing. One of the neighbors testified that she saw defendant leaving the front door of the burglarized home, and later saw him come out of the back door carrying an iron and a hatchet. Another neighbor saw him leave the house with a “bundle” in his hand, but she could not say what it was. Later, defendant returned, approached the two neighbors, asked one of them whether she knew him and where she had seen him, and threatened one of them. Defendant did not testify at the trial, but presented alibi witnesses who testified that they had been with him at the time of the burglary.

The only point made on appeal is that defendant’s counsel at the trial was denied the right to see a certain police report. Counsel was shown a report at one time early in the trial, but it was taken back by the district attorney and the court refused to require the police to produce it at certain points during…

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