Legal Opinion
People v. Andrews
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 8, 1970No. Crim. 7942PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
Following a jury trial, Percy Andrews, Junius Rollins and Cornell Shaw were convicted and sentenced to prison on two counts of second degree burglary. Each has appealed. The theory of the People was that the defendants, in concert, entered two roadside country stores with intent to “tap cash register tills,” i.e., commit larceny, in violation of Penal Code section 459 proscribing burglary.
No contention is made that the evidence presented to the jury was insufficient to support the guilty verdicts. We therefore relate only such portions as we deem relevant to the…
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