People v. Valdez

The defendant, appellant herein, was charged with burglary, i.e., a violation of section 459 of the Penal Code, and with three prior felony convictions, two of which also were for burglary; entered a plea of not guilty ; eventually admitted the prior convictions; was tried by a jury which found him guilty of burglary in the first degree; was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison; and appeals from the judgment entered, contending that it should be reversed because:

1. The evidence is insufficient to establish the offense of burglary in the first degree;

2. Certain evidence to which he…