People v. Short
| Decision Date | 17 February 1969 |
| Docket Number | Cr. 3263 |
| Citation | 75 Cal.Rptr. 156,269 Cal.App.2d 746 |
| Court | California Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of California, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Wilson K. SHORT, Defendant and Appellant. |
Wilson K. Short, convicted after jury trial of two counts of first degree robbery (Pen.Code, § 211), appeals from the judgment of conviction.
On January 3, 1968, Martha Ann Moore, while working as a clerk at Danber Drug Store in Fountain Valley, saw Short standing at the store's ice cream counter near the cash register. Short pulled out a gun, pointed it at Mrs. Moore and demanded cash from the register. Mrs. Moore complied, putting bills and rolls of coins in a paper bag and handing the bag to Short who departed.
Catherine Mikolajek, a customer in the store witnessed the robbery and studied Short's features very carefully, stating positively Short was the robber. Mrs. Mikolajek saw Short drive away in a car and memorized the license number of it. It was a stolen car.
Deacon W. Smith, a driver for Professional Drug Company, also witnessed the robbery, gave chase in his car as the robber fled, but lost him. Smith was unable to identify Short as the robber.
Several days after the robbery, the police showed Mrs. Moore, the clerk, about six pictures for suspect identification. Mrs. Moore selected two she thought 'might have been' of the man who robbed her. A second time the police showed Mrs. Moore three pictures from which she picked one that 'could be the man.' She was not sure whether the one which 'could have been the man' was a picture of Short or not. She identified Short as the robber at trial.
On January 13, 1968, Dorothy Todd, a clerk at the Allen Rexall Drug Store in Huntington Beach, saw Short standing at the record counter in the store about 7:00 p.m. She had talked to Short some two hours earlier when he had inquired about some shaving lotion. Short confronted her with a gun and ordered her to put all bills from the cash register into a paper bag; Mrs. Todd obeyed. Short grabbed the bag and left the store.
The police showed Mrs. Todd pictures from 'mug books.' She could not find Short's picture. When the police later showed Mrs. Todd a group of three pictures, she recognized one of them as a picture of Short.
Short offered alibi defenses to both counts.
Short claims the pretrial photographic identification procedures were impermissibly suggestive and he should have had counsel present when the...
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