People v. Richardson

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of guilt for the crime of burglary in the first degree and sanity at the time of the offense.

The record shows that on July 3, 1960, at about 10 p. m., a neighbor noticed a strange automobile parked in the garage of Martin C. Pranieh, Jr., and flashes of light in the house, which she reported to the Watsonville police.

The police went to the Pranieh house and found it in darkness, noticed the automobile parked in the garage, and that a door leading from the garage to the house was open. They searched the house and found defendant hiding in the…