Legal Opinion

People v. Wooten

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 27, 1960No. Crim. No. 6948PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARDS, J. pro tem.*

Convicted in a nonjury trial o£ violating Penal Code, section 337a, subdivision (1), (pool selling and bookmaking) and sentenced to the County Jail for 30 days, defendant appeals. Counts II (keeping a place for recording bets) and III (accepting a bet) were dismissed.

Appellant raises but two points: (1) insufficiency of evidence, and (2) error of the trial court in considering a probation report containing statements of a police officer that were speculative and conjectural.

Although the appeal purports to be from the judgment and from an order denying defendant’s motion…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. FentonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. CovertCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963

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