People v. Williams

Convicted of robbery of Howard Lee Johnson while armed with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, §§ 211 and 211a), defendant, appearing in propria persona, appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for new trial. At the trial he was represented by the public defender of Los Angeles County.

First, appellant claims insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, asserting “numerous instances of per jurous inconsistency” in the testimony of the complaining witness. The argument centers upon the matter of identification of the robber. Appellant says: “That factor (darkness) makes it…