Legal Opinion
People v. Elwood
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 31, 1988No. B027605PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STONE (S. J.), P. J.
Scott Dorsey Elwood appeals from judgment after jury conviction of two counts of auto theft. (Veh. Code, § 10851.) He contends the trial court should have excluded a statement he made to himself while alone in an interview room after his arrest. We find no basis for such exclusion. We further find there was substantial evidence to support the jury’s verdict, and affirm the judgment.
Facts
May 15, 1986, appellant came to the home of Michael Dodds and Joseph Root in Bell Canyon and asked Rosa Lopez, a live-in housekeeper, whether she had seen his lost dogs. As Mrs.…
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