In Re Wessley W.

Opinion

LUI, J.

Background

Respondent Wessley W. 1 brought a habeas corpus proceeding in the Los Angeles Superior Court to challenge his conviction and sentence for violation of Penal Code section 647, subdivision (a), 2 and to request certain relief therein. Respondent was adjudged guilty on December 1, 1965, in the Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District. By stipulation of the parties, the court trial was conducted on the basis of the arrest report and testimony of the police officer who observed the respondent masturbating in a pay toilet stall in a restroom at the Greyhound Bus…