People v. Siegenthaler

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Henry Lawrence Siegenthaler appeals from a judgment upon a conviction of burglary. (Pen. Code, § 459.) We hold, contrary to defendant’s contentions, that evidence seized at the time of his arrest infringed no constitutional right, that an extrajudicial statement was properly received in evidence, and that defendant was not denied a right of self-representation at trial.

The record, when viewed in the light most favorable to the judgment (People v. Newland (1940) 15 Cal.2d 678, 681 [104 P.2d 778]), discloses that at 2:45 a.m. officers in a marked police vehicle stopped at an…