People v. Washington

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

In an amended information filed in Los Angeles on March 29, 1967, defendant with Alvin Nairn, Ezel Wilson, Jr., and George Wilson were charged in count I with burglarizing the building occupied by National Outfitting Company and Leo Birnstein on April 13, 1966; in count II George Wilson was charged with receiving stolen property. It was further charged that defendant Washington previously had been convicted of forgery in Los Angeles County in March 1965. Washington pleaded not guilty and denied the charge of the prior conviction. A…