People v. Nelson

On July 20, 1962, defendants Samuel Albert Nelson and Elton Green were charged in an information with the robbery of one Fred Wellman on or about June 17, 1962. (Pen. Code, § 211.) It was also charged therein that at the time of the commission of the offense Nelson was armed with a deadly weapon, to wit, a pistol. On August 3, 1962, defendant Nelson entered a plea of not guilty to the offense charged. ■

On August' 17, 1962,. an amended information was filed against defendants charging them with two counts of robbery. Count one, repeating the allegations of the original information, charged…