People v. Sarnblad

In People v. Sarnblad (1972) 26 Cal. App. 3d 801, the court rejected the defendant's argument that "there must be something more than a similarity of name, such as photographs or fingerprints, to create a reasonable suspicion that he is the same person who was previously convicted," and held, "there is no evidence in the record before us that defendant was not the Donald Sarnblad previously convicted. We think the name is sufficiently uncommon that the magistrate's finding of identity of person is supported by an inference based on identity of name." ( Id. at p. 805.)