PEOPLE v. BURTON

Docket No. Crim. 6726.

55 Cal.2d 328 (1961)

359 P.2d 433

11 Cal. Rptr. 65

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. JOE ORVILLE BURTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladys Towles Root, Eugene V. McPherson and Robert Barnett for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Philip C. Griffin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction pursuant to jury verdicts which found him guilty of two charges of violating Penal Code, section 288 (two lewd acts allegedly committed about an hour apart on August 15, 1958, against W, a 7-year-old girl), and from an order denying his motion for new trial. Defendant urges that W was not a competent witness, that defendant's right of cross-examination was improperly restricted, that prejudicial evidence...

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