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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF GUAM, Appellee v. ANTONIO L. BAUTISTA, Appellant
    Criminal No. 37-A
    District Court of Guam Appellate Division
    October 5, 1967
    
      Counsel for Appellee: Paul J. Abbate, Deputy Island Attorney, Government of Guam
    
      Counsel for Appellant: Arriola, Bohn ■& Dierking (John C. Dierking), Agana, Guam
    Before SHRIVER, Judge, District Court of Guam; FUR-BER, Chief Justice, High Court of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; PEREZ, Chief Judge, Island Court of Guam
   SHRIVER, Judge

OPINION

Antonio L. Bautista was convicted in the Island Court of the offense of petty theft and appeals to the Appellate Division of the District Court of Guam. Judge Perez did not hear oral arguments in this case but it was stipulated that he should participate in any determination. We affirm.

We have examined the transcript and the record in this case and find no basis for the appeal. It is clear that Bautista participated with two others in the theft of the property involved. One of the others entered a plea of guilty and the other did not appeal. It is equally clear that the motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence is completely without merit as all of the alleged new evidence was within the knowledge of the defendant at the time of his original trial.