People v. Fowler

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Henderson Lyn Fowler was charged by information with the crime of robbery. (Pen. Code, § 211.) A jury found him guilty as charged and determined that the crime was of the first degree. (See Pen. Code, § 211a.) Defendant was committed to the California Youth Authority for the term prescribed by law.1 He appeals from the judgment of commitment. (Pen. Code, § 1237; see Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1737.5.)

In the instant case we interpret and apply the constitutionally grounded rules which were enunciated by the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Wade…