DeBaca v. People

Isaac Carlos DeBaca, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery as alleged in two counts of an information so charging him. He was then sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 25 to 50 years on the robbery count, and 5 to 10 years on the conspiracy count, which sentences were to be served concurrently.

The defendant’s main contention, as we understand it, is that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury’s verdict, in that the evidence fails to “tie” the defendant to the robbery with which he…