People v. Foster

In one information, appellant was charged with escaping from the state correctional facility at Soledad on February 17, 1967 (Pen. Code, § 4530, subd. (b)), and with a burglary occurring between February 18-19, 1967 (Pen. Code, § 459), both felonies. In a second information he was charged' with another escape, this time from a county jail, on April 19, 1967 (Pen. Code, § 4532, subd. (b)), also a felony. To each charge appellant pled “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity,” and denied the allegations of two prior convictions. By consent, the cases were consolidated for trial. At…