People v. Bates

Defendant filed this petition for a writ of error coram nobis in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Because the judgment rendered herein had been affirmed by this court (People v. Bates, 126 Cal.App.2d 144 *752[271 P.2d 968]), the petition was transmitted to this court for consideration (Pen. Code, § 1265).

After trial before a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, defendant was convicted of two counts of first degree robbery. He admitted a prior conviction of the crime of grand larceny for which he served a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary of the state of Virginia.…