Amata
People v. Amata
Opinion
Lead Opinion
David, J.
Appellants appeal their convictions and sentences, having been found guilty as charged in a four-count indictment filed in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County.
Count one charged them with conspiracy (Pen. Code, § 182) to violate Penal Code section 475 (possession of unfinished counterfeit travelers checks and money orders, with intent to complete and utter them) specifying 12 overt acts from August 1,1967 through November 9,1967.
Count two charged them with violation of Penal Code section 475 (possession of unfinished counterfeit cheeks, with intent to complete and utter them) on or about November 5, 1967.
*579 Count three charged another such violation on or about November 8,1967.
Count four charged appellant Amata with a violation of Penal Code section 475a (possession of a completed check, with intention to pass the same) on or about November 5, 1967.
Counts one and three also charged appellant Gilmore with being armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the offense charged; and count two as amended charged Gilmore with being armed with a concealed deadly weapon. The indictment also charged that all offenses were linked together in their commission.