People v. Boyden

In an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, appellant and one Louis William Parks were charged in Count I with the crime of burglary, and in Count II with the offense of receiving stolen property. Each was charged with having previously been convicted of a felony and with having served a term of imprisonment therefor.

Appellant pleaded not guilty as charged in the information, and admitted the prior conviction. He refused the court’s offer to appoint counsel to represent him, and notwithstanding the repeated urging of the trial judge that he accept counsel, he…