People v. Banks

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendants Michael Wayne Banks and Calvin Dixon were charged by information with robbery. (Pen. Code, § 211.) The information also charged that defendants were armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the offense (see Pen. Code, § 211a) and alleged one prior felony convic*130tion against each defendant. At the time of arraignment upon the information defendant Banks admitted the prior conviction charged against him, and the prior conviction charged against defendant Dixon was dismissed upon motion of the prosecutor. A jury found defendants guilty of robbery in the first…