People v. Kaminsky

This is an appeal from a judgment whereby defendant was convicted of grand theft under Penal Code, section 487, subdivision 1. The evidence shows that defendant took $600 from an elderly woman by an ancient trick sometimes known as the “pigeon drop.” There is no question of the sufficiency of the evidence.

Defendant’s first point is “The information fails to set forth specific acts constituting an offense or to give adequate notice to the defendant upon which to prepare and present a defense.”

This point was decided adversely to defendant in People v. Anderson, 55 Cal.2d 655 [12 Cal.Rptr. 500,…