People v. Hall

The defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of robbery and the court thereupon took evidence to determine the degree of the crime and adjudged the defendant guilty of robbery of the first degree. The defendant has appealed from the judgment.

“All robbery which is perpetrated by torture or by a person being armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon is robbery in the first degree. All other kinds of robbery are of the second degree.” (Pen. Code, sec. 211a.)

Appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to admit in evidence the transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary…