People v. Purcell

Defendant was convicted on each of five counts of burglary of which theretofore he had been charged in an information that had been filed against him. At the same time, in accord with accusations which were contained in each of such counts of burglary, the fact was found by the jury that theretofore defendant had been convicted of a felony on each of three separate occasions, and that “said defendant served a term of imprisonment therefor in the state prison”. He appeals from the ensuing “judgments and sentences” that were pronounced against him.

Appellant first suggests that the evidence was…