Gurule v. People

Plaintiff in error will be referred to as defendant. He was convicted in the district court of the crime of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Motion for new trial was denied, and he was sentenced to the state penitentiary on both counts, the sentences to run concurrently. He is here by writ of error challenging: 1. The sufficiency of the evidence and 2. the giving of an instruction relating to reasonable doubt.

Defendant asserts that on the evidence he was entitled to a directed verdict of not guilty and that the court’s failure to grant his motion at the conclusion of the People’s…