People v. Martini
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. J. E. Barber, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Appellant was charged with grand larceny, with two prior convictions—one of burglary of the second degree, and one of attempt to commit burglary of the second degree. Upon arraignment he pleaded “Not guilty” to the charge of grand larceny, but admitted the charges of prior convictions to be true. He was convicted of grand larceny.
The only point urged for a reversal is that the court erred in permitting the district attorney, upon cross-examination of defendant (who was a witness in his own behalf), to ask defendant as to having suffered prior convictions for felony.
But where a defendant,…
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