People v. Torres

In an amended information defendant was charged with violating section 4532, subdivision (a) of the Penal Code (escape from lawful custody of a police officer without violence, he then being charged with a felony, armed robbery). A jury trial resulted in a guilty verdict.

On this appeal defendant’s main claim is that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict. He concedes that he escaped from the custody of the arresting officer but argues that the evidence does not show a lawful arrest under section 836 of the Penal Code; that the evidence does not show that a complaint for armed…