PEOPLE v. STECCONE

Docket No. Crim. 5144.

36 Cal.2d 234 (1950)

223 P.2d 17

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOHN P. STECCONE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 24, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Emmet Chapman, Frederick C. Dewar, Golden & Fratis, J. Bruce Fratis and Julius M. Keller for Appellants.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SPENCE, J.

Defendants John P. Steccone and Peter Makris were charged with conspiracy (Pen. Code, § 182, subd. 1) to "keep and maintain rooms and places ... [at] 1313 Park Street and 136 Santa Clara Avenue in the city of Alameda, with books, papers, devices and paraphernalia for the purpose of recording and registering bets and wagers on horse races." (Pen. Code, § 337a, subd. 2.) Six overt acts were listed in the information. The jury returned a verdict...

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