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PEOPLE v. WESTFALL

Docket No. 19.

198 Cal.App.2d 598 (1961)

18 Cal. Rptr. 356

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FLORENCE ADELINE WESTFALL, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

December 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Walter C. Hancock, Public Defender, and William R. Lundgren, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.

STONE, J.

This is an appeal by the People from an order setting aside a grand jury indictment of defendant for the crime of child abandonment. The macabre facts are these: Dora Louise Westfall, the 16-year-old daughter of defendant, gave birth to a child June 16, 1961. Defendant and Dora's sister assisted in the delivery of the baby. Defendant wrapped the child in a sheet and took it to a garage at the home of a Mrs. Champion in Modesto. Upon discovering the child...

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