People v. Miller

The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand theft. (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1.) He has appealed from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

It is asserted that there was prejudicial error in the manner in which inquiry was made as to a prior conviction of a felony in the course of the cross-examination of the appellant. It is further contended that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the conviction. It is, therefore, necessary to summarize the evidence.

Dorothy Grace Quinn was the person whose property was alleged to have been the subject of the theft.…