People v. McDaniels

By an amended information, defendant was charged with the crime of “petty theft with a prior conviction of a felony, to wit, forgery of fictitious name, in violation of Section 667, Penal Code of California, a felony ...” Then follows a statement of the facts constituting the theft and the time and place of defendant’s prior conviction of ‘ ‘ forgery of fictitious name, a felony,” and the fact that he served time therefor in the state prison. It was also alleged that defendant had suffered another prior conviction in Illinois for larceny, for which he had served a term in the penitentiary.…