People v. Townsend

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of burglary.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on November 22, 1967, William Robert Clark and Curlee Townsend were jointly charged with burglarizing a Safeway Store on October 31, 1967. Each of the defendants in a jury trial was found to be guilty of burglary in the second degree. Townsend, the appellant herein, was sentenced to the state prison and a timely notice of appeal was filed by him.

A résumé of some of the facts is as follows: Frederick Mersch, an assistant manager of a Safeway Store in Pacoima, closed the place of business at about…