People v. Santos

J.Defendant and another were tried jointly for burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) and grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1). One attorney had been appointed to represent both defendants and did so throughout the prosecution of the People’s case. The evidence was that a house in San Diego County had been burglarized; some of the things taken were a .22 pistol, camera, two watches, tape recorder and two radios. The lady living there thought she had talked to defendant several days before the burglary; she identified him as having come to her home to inquire if she subscribed to a local newspaper.

The…