People v. McCombs

DESMOND, J., pro tem.

Defendant, convicted by a jury of the crime of grand theft, appeals from the judgment and from an order of the trial court denying a new trial.

The information alleged that he had suffered two prior convictions of felonies for which he had been imprisoned; the first, burglary; the second, violation of section 37, F. C. C. and National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, which convictions were admitted by the defendant.

Appellant claims that the trial court was guilty of misconduct in questioning defendant during the trial about the felonies of which he had been convicted, the…