People v. Cole

Walter Ellis Cole appeals from a judgment of conviction of arson .(Pen. Code, § 447a) in a non jury trial.

*658A résumé of some of the facts is as follows:

Defendant resided with his wife and three children in the lower apartment of a two-story stucco duplex located at 1219 East 33d Street in Los Angeles. The apartment was rented from Shedriek Johnson, who lived in a single family residence at the front of the property. Patricia Ann Hicks lived in the upper duplex apartment with her baby and Elmer Johnson, son of the landlord. A few minutes before noon on October 14, 1966, Cole left his apartment…