People v. Wilkerson

Defendant was charged with two "counts of robbery and a prior felony conviction. In the first jury trial the jury failed to agree on a verdict. On the second he was found guilty of robbery in the second degree on both counts. Motion for new trial was denied. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial.

Two gas stations in Berkeley were robbed on the night of January 29, 1954. In the first robbery the owner, Tony Cianciarulo, was accosted by a man with a gun who forced him to open the cash box and to hand over $10 from his own wallet, netting the robber…