People v. Debnam
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtFourt, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of burglary.
In an information filed in Los Angeles on November 28, 1966, defendant was charged with burglarizing the residence of Lawrence and Johnnie Bruce on November 14, 1966. Defendant was found guilty of burglary in the second degree in a jury trial and sentenced to the state prison. A timely notice of appeal was filed.
A résumé of some of the facts is as follows: At about 5 p.m. on November 14, 1966, Johnnie Mae Bruce arrived home from work as usual only to discover that her home had been forcibly entered and ransacked during the day. A…
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