People v. Swope

FRAMPTON, J. pro tem. *

Background

The defendant was charged by information number A-100782 with the crime of petty theft with a prior conviction of issuing bank checks without sufficient funds. He was also charged with a prior conviction of burglary with force in October 1944, in the State of Colorado, with larceny in March 1948, in the State of Colorado, and with violation of section 470 of the Penal Code (forgery) in April 1953, in Los Angeles County. Each of the foregoing priors was alleged to be a felony and it was further alleged that the defendant served a term of imprisonment on each…