People v. Derenzo

Defendant was charged in counts I and II of the information with the crimes of robbery and burglary. The information contained three other counts which were dismissed during the trial on motion of the district attorney. A jury returned verdicts of guilty on counts I and II and defendant has appealed from the judgments of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

It is now contended that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdicts. From the evidence presented it ap pears that on April 27, 1940, defendant was the proprietor of the Patio café on Pico Boulevard in…