People v. Turner

NUTTER, J. pro tem.*

Appellant was found guilty of grand theft in violation of section 487, subdivision 3, of the Penal Code in a ease submitted on the testimony contained in the transcript of the preliminary hearing plus the testimony of the appellant. The facts are largely undisputed. They involve a situation wherein appellant on June 24, 1967, entered into a written contract with a car agency rental of an automobile for two days under a rental agreement of $7 per day plus $.07 a mile. Appellant made a cash deposit of $40 at the time of the rental but gave a false name and identification.…