PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. Crim. 19836.

20 Cal.3d 457 (1978)

573 P.2d 433

143 Cal. Rptr. 215

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLIE THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bruce Robert Kay, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Paul Halvonik, State Public Defender, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Richard A. Curtis and Joseph Levine, Deputy State Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., and Nancy A. Saggese, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Defendant Charlie Thomas appeals from an order granting probation (Pen. Code, § 1237, subd. 1) following convictions of three counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts on the body of a child under the age of 14 years (id., § 288). The appeal presents questions regarding the admissibility in a sex offense case of prior similar sex offenses by the...

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