People v. Ratliff

Opinion

HASTINGS, J.

—Following a jury trial the defendant Michael Elvis Ratliff was found guilty of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211). It was further found that a principal in the robbery was armed within the meaning of Penal Code section 12022, subdivision (a). He was sentenced to state prison for six years.

He appeals contending (1) that evidence that defendant’s alibi witnesses had not volunteered their information to the police was irrelevant, highly prejudicial and infringed upon defendant’s state constitutional right not to reveal his alibi witnesses to the prosecution, and (2) that he was…