People v. Chessman

Defendant appeals from judgments of conviction of 17 felonies, rendered pursuant to jury verdicts, and from an order denying his motion for new trial. For convenience of discussion the crimes are listed in chronological order and numbered. Each paragraph indicates a separate general criminal enterprise, in each of which one or more offenses were committed.

January 3, 1948: (1) First degree robbery of McCullough.

January 13, 1948: (2) Grand theft of an automobile, which was used in perpetrating subsequent crimes and in *172which defendant was fleeing when he was apprehended.

January 18, 1948: (3)…