People v. Lancaster

THE COURT.

Lancaster and McNorwood were accused by an information of robbery in that on August 20, 1955, they robbed Tom Montoya of one hundred dollars more or less. They stood mute on arraignment and the court ordered a plea of not guilty entered. They each admitted later a prior conviction alleged in the information, to wit: Lancaster for a second degree robbery committed in Los Angeles in 1947 and McNorwood for a petty theft committed in 1954 in Alameda County. They were by a jury found guilty as charged, the degree of robbery was fixed at first degree, their motion for a new trial was…