People v. Ambrose

In an information filed by the district attorney of Los Angeles County, defendant was accused in four counts of the crime of burglary. Prior convictions of attempted burglary and burglary, both felonies, committed in the State of New York and for which defendant served terms of imprisonment, were alleged.

Defendant pleaded not guilty as to each count of the information and denied the prior convictions. Trial by jury was duly waived and it was stipulated that “the case for the People in chief be submitted to the court on the transcript of the evidence taken at the preliminary hearing . . .…