People v. Wiest

Appellant and one Jarrett were found guilty by a jury of robbery in the first degree. (Pen. Code, § 211.) Wiest has appealed from the judgment.

At approximately 10:10 p. m. on April 2, 1961, Gerald Sehulhof, an employee of Thrifty Drug Company at Rodeo Road and LaBrea Avenue in the City of Los Angeles, had just gathered the receipts from the cash registers in his department and had taken them to the office on the mezzanine when two men taking long strides entered the office. One of them exhibited a gun which the employee thought was a .38 calibre revolver and stated, ‘ ‘ This is a stick up. If…