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127 Cal. App. 2d 533

People v. Hamilton

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 27, 1954

California Court of Appeal · decided 1954-09-27

Relies on People v. Newland · 40 Cal. 2d 876 - People v. Daugherty · 103 Cal. App. 2d 669 - People v. Thomas

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Decided 1954-09-27

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently November 1973

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DRAPEAU, J.

¶1Three men were drinking in a private dwelling house. One of the men put a knife to the back of one of the other men, went through his pockets, and took his money, his tie clasp, and his wrist watch. The third man endeavored to help the victim, without much success.

¶2The victim complained to the police. The other two men were arrested and charged with robbery. The man who took the victim’s personal property was convicted of robbery first degree. The other man was acquitted.

¶3*534The convicted man appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial, and from the judgment of imprisonment that followed.

¶4He argues that the evidence is insufficient to support the finding of the trial court, and that it was wrong to convict him and acquit the other man.

¶5While conflicting, the evidence is ample to sustain the finding of guilt, and the trial court’s determination of the facts will not be disturbed on appeal. (People v. Daugherty, 40 Cal.2d 876 [256 P.2d 911] ; People v. Newland, 15 Cal.2d 678 [104 P.2d 778].)

¶6It is neither illogical nor inconsistent for a judge or a jury to convict one defendant and to acquit another. On appeal that portion of the evidence which supports the judgment must be accepted, not that portion which would defeat or tend to defeat the judgment. (People v. Thomas, 103 Cal. App.2d 669 [229 P.2d 836]; People v. Morris, 115 Cal.App.2d 312 [252 P.2d 36].)

¶7The order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial and the judgment are, and each of them is affirmed.

¶8White, P. J., and Doran, J., concurred.

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