People v. Tovar

Opinion

HASTINGS, J.

—Following a jury trial, the defendant Antonio Tovar, was found guilty of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211). He was sentenced to state prison for the low base term of two years. He appeals contending (1) that the trial court was required to instruct the jury sua sponte that it must agree unanimously on which act constituted the robbery and (2) that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that aiding and abetting requires proof of an intent to aid and abet.

At around 9 p.m. on November 20, 1982, Ramon Gonzalez left a restaurant and met two men, one of whom was…