Vigil v. People

Rudy Joe Vigil was charged with the crimes of larceny from the person and conspiracy to commit such larceny. In both counts the named victim was one Omer Wayne Kindred. Other participants in the evening’s occurrences were Robert Black and Barbara Sandoval.

In the course of the evening Mr. Kindred visited three taverns, at each of which he consumed a number of beers. At the second tavern he met Mr. Black, and the two were joined at the third by a Miss Sandoval and Mr. Vigil. The record next shows that the four left in an automobile with the intention of “making a night of it.”

When they reached…