People v. Hutton

Opinion

BALLANTYNE, J.

Facts and Proceedings Below

In May 1983, defendant and appellant, Lester Louis Hutton, Jr. (Hutton), began working as a salesman for the downtown branch of Woody’s Toy Circus in Bakersfield. By early August 1983, Hutton began training to become a general manager of the store. Yvonne McDaniel (McDaniel) 1 was hired as bookkeeper for Woody’s Toy Circus at approximately the same time as Hutton began training to become store manager.

Ordinarily, as part of her duties, McDaniel would match the daily deposit slips with the daily sales reports. During the Christmas season of…