People v. Neese

Defendant was acquitted by a jury of robbery (count I) and kidnaping (count II) and convicted of a violation of section 12021, Penal Code (count III). The court found one of three alleged prior felony convictions to be true. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

Around 8 :05 p.m. on February 26, 1968, Paul Krumhauer, who operates a restaurant in Pomona, was robbed of $80 by a man he four times identified as defendant who displayed a gun he identified as Exhibit 2 (.38 caliber revolver), and taken by defendant to a storeroom where he was ordered to remain. However, the jury, apparently accepting…