People v. Chapman

Jack H. Chapman and Avis Spears were convicted after a trial by jury of a violation of section 288a of the Penal Code. Chapman was also convicted of violating section 266h of the Penal Code 2 and of contributing to the delinquency of a minor (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 702), a lesser .offense necessarily included in a charge of violating subdivision 1 of section 261 of the Penal Code. 3 They have appealed from the judgments and from orders denying a new trial.

Chapman and his wife lived in a house in La Puente with several other people, including Avis Spears. In the first part of 1957 Chapman…