Woods
People v. Woods
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Fleming, J.
Defendant Larry Woods was convicted of four counts of robbery and found to have been armed at the time of each offense.
On May 10, 1963, at approximately 9 p.m. two men entered the La Tijera Pharmacy through a rear door. After entering the store one man proceeded to plunder the front cash register and the other man the rear cash register. Defendant was identified by three separate witnesses as the man who ransacked the front cash register. One witness to the robbery testified that when she entered the pharmacy through the rear door she noticed a two-tone white and red Pontiac parked behind the store.
On May 14, 1963, at about 9:45 p.m. defendant and another man entered and robbed a pharmacy in the town of Paeoima. Defendant was identified as one of the robbers by two store clerks and by the pharmacist.
*187 Defendant’s companion in both robberies was Eugene Allen, later identified by photograph. Allen was killed on May 20 in a third drug store robbery in which defendant did not take part.
Following Allen’s death the police went to Allen’s residence and found a red Pontiac which led them to investigate the defendant. They arrived at defendant’s residence about 5 :20 on the…