People v. Robinson

Robinson was found guilty by a jury of first degree robbery. From the judgment of conviction he appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient, and that the trial judge committed prejudicial error in his comment on the evidence.

The contention that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction of first degree robbery is clearly without merit.

On April 12, 1945, between 10 and 11 o’clock in the morning, two Negro men entered the pawn and secondhand shop operated by the complaining witness Isadore Mintz on Third Street in San Francisco. Mintz positively identified appellant as one…