People v. La Forbes

This is an appeal from a. judgment of conviction of robbery in the first degree.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on November 20, *843 1967, defendant was charged with robbing Robert Hilton and Marty Kiviat of certain personal property on October 24, 1967. It was further charged that defendant at the time of the commission of the offense was armed with a .38 caliber revolver. A jury trial was waived and the cause was submitted on the testimony contained in the transcript of the proceedings had at the preliminary hearing. Defendant was found guilty as charged and further it was found that defendant was not personally armed at the time of the commission of the offense. An application for probation was denied and defendant was sentenced to the state prison. A timely notice of appeal was filed.

Counsel was appointed for defendant in this court and after a thorough search of the record counsel asked to be relieved of any further responsibility in the case for the reason that he could find no arguable issue in the record. Defendant asked this court to discharge counsel and by proper order counsel was discharged. Defendant now represents himself.

A résumé of some of the facts is…