PEOPLE v. MURPHY

Docket No. 1832.

207 Cal.App.2d 885 (1962)

24 Cal. Rptr. 803

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH MURPHY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

September 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Henderson, Rudolph J. Basile and Thad D. Williams for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Stanley X. Cook, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GRIFFIN, P.J.

Defendant and appellant Joseph Murphy was charged in an indictment with three violations of Penal Code, section 288, in that he committed lewd acts upon his 10-year-old stepdaughter. He was convicted on all three counts after a jury trial.

The events which formed the basis of the third count were observed through windows by defendant's 17-year-old stepson, a neighbor and a police officer. The testimony of these witnesses was corroborated by that...

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