People v. Wood

A jury found defendant guilty of robbery and determined the offense to be of the first degree. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

Ralph Cook was found unconscious, badly beaten, bleeding heavily, in an alley behind a theater on Market Street in San Francisco. His pockets had been emptied and his personal papers were scattered. A laceration on the left side of his neck was 1% to 2 inches long and 1% inches deep. Beside him lay a smashed bottle of wine in a paper bag. The bag and some pieces of the glass were stained with human blood. Cook, appellant, Daniel Reardon and Robert Allee had been…