PEOPLE v. CLARK

Docket No. Crim. 8990.

63 Cal.2d 503 (1965)

407 P.2d 294

47 Cal. Rptr. 382

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MERL J. CLARK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 10, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haskell J. Shapiro and Louis I. Bell for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Ronald W. Tochterman, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

From a judgment after trial before the court without a jury, finding defendant guilty of violating section 288 of the Penal Code, he appeals.

Facts: The prosecutrix, Autumn Landers, the 11-year-old stepdaughter of defendant, testified, in substance, that during the period November 15, 1962, through May 22 of the following year defendant on three separate dates took her into his bedroom and had sexual intercourse with her. Defendant denied...

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