PEOPLE v. WARNER

Docket No. Crim. 19662.

20 Cal.3d 678 (1978)

574 P.2d 1237

143 Cal. Rptr. 885

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN MERTZ WARNER, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

March 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Willard F. Jones and William G. Prahl, Deputy Attorneys General, John M. Price, District Attorney, and Arjuna T. Saraydarian, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jerome S. Stanley and Christopher H. Wing for Defendant and Respondent.

Nathaniel S. Colley, Kenneth M. Wells, Public Defender (Sacramento), and John F. Moulds as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

(1) (See fn. 1.) The People appeal from an order granting defendant probation following conviction upon his plea of guilty to commission of a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14 years. (Pen. Code, § 288.)1 The People contend that the trial court abused its discretion by granting defendant probation. We...

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