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PEOPLE v. HOWERTON

Docket No. Crim. 5399.

40 Cal.2d 217 (1953)

253 P.2d 8

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. AZEL WOODROW HOWERTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 10, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Larsen for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Defendant Azel Howerton was charged by information with the commission of a lewd and lascivious act on a child under the age of 14. (Pen. Code, § 288.) He pleaded not guilty and waived trial by jury. By stipulation, the People submitted their case on the transcript of testimony taken at the preliminary examination. Defendant testified in his own behalf. On January 10, 1952, the court adjudged defendant guilty of the crime charged in the information...

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