People v. Britton

An indictment containing five counts was returned against the appellants, and others, by the grand jury of Los Angeles County. Each appellant entered a plea of guilty to one count thereof charging kidnaping for the purpose of robbery, in violation of section 209 of the Penal Code. As to the appellants, the remaining counts were ordered off calendar. Upon the charge to which each appellant entered his plea, the court below, after hearing pertinent evidence, pronounced judgment directing imprisonment in the state prison for the term prescribed by law “without possibility of parole”. These…