People v. Williams

After a jury trial appellant was convicted of three counts of armed robbery and one count of attempted robbery. Three of these crimes were committed on *757 the night of July 31, 1966, and the fourth on the night of August 4, 1966, and all occurred in the same vicinity in the City of Los Angeles. All four victims of this predatory criminal identified him. His guilt was established beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt and is not questioned. His sole contention is that he “was the victim of an unlawful arrest and an illegal search and seizure. ’ ’

On August 4, 1966, at approximately 4 a.m., Officer Robert G. Rozzi and his partner Officer Albert Kakita of the Los Angeles Police Department were on patrol driving westbound on 20th Street about one-half block east of Ellendale Place in the City and County of Los Angeles. Officer Rozzi observed a vehicle with a female driving and traveling with dimmed lights southbound on Ellendale Place and then watched it stop at the intersection of Ellendale Place and 20th Street. Officer Rozzi, observing that the vehicle remained stopped at the intersection for an unusually long period of time, pulled his police vehicle in front of it. Officer…