People v. Stuart

WOOD (Parker), J.

Defendant was accused in count 1 of grand theft of an automobile, and in count 2 of violation of section 503 of the Vehicle Code (driving automobile without consent of owner). Defendant waived trial by jury. The court found defendant guilty as charged in count 1, and not guilty as to count 2. Defendant’s application for probation was denied, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

The sole contention on appeal is that the corpus delicti was not established, and it was therefore error to receive evidence of extrajudicial…