People v. Williams

Defendant ivas charged by information with burglary (Pen. Code, § 459). The information also charged a prior felony conviction (grand theft) in Arizona. Defendant pleaded not guilty and denied the prior. Trial by jury was Avaived. At the trial defendant admitted the prior conviction. The court found defendant guilty of burglary in the second degree. He appeals from the judgment of eonvie tion and from the order denying his motion for new trial, 1 contending (1) that certain evidence introduced against him was obtained by means of an illegal search, and (2) that the trial court, on its own…