Christopher Donald Self appeals from a judgment of conviction for commission of a lewd or lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)). We hold the court erred in instructing the jury by defining a lewd or lascivious act as "any touching" with the required intent, since the law requires a sexual act, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
Self molested his...
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