People v. Greenwell

Appellant Greenwell and one Gonzalez were charged by information with armed robbery committed on July 15, 1959. Appellant was further charged with three prior convictions of felonies, for each of which, it was alleged, he “served a term of imprisonment therefor in the State Prison.” Appellant entered a plea of not guilty and denied the prior convictions.

The case was called for trial by jury on October 20, 1959, and at the outset, in proceedings held outside the hearing of the jury, appellant admitted the three prior felony convictions as alleged in the information: (1) robbery in 1936; (2)…