People v. Colton

Defendants were charged in an indictment returned by the grand jury of Ventura County with grand theft in seven counts—the stealing of various sums of money from the Bank of Hueneme. Both defendants pleaded not guilty and waived trial by jury. The court found both guilty under the count charging the theft of $110,000, and the other six counts were dismissed. Mrs. Colton was placed on probation and Hall was sentenced to the state prison. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

Defendant Hall assigns as error the denial by the court of his motion to withdraw his waiver of a jury trial.…