People v. Bodey

The defendant was convicted of violating section 288 of the Penal Code. He made a motion for a new trial, the motion was denied and he has appealed from the order and from the judgment of conviction.

We will discuss all of the points made by the defendant but not in the order stated in his brief.

When instructing the jury the trial court read to it a charge containing nineteen paragraphs. Among others were the following:

XI. “Testimony has been permitted by the court tending to prove other alleged acts of lewd and lascivious conduct of the defendant toward said Eleanor Torosian prior to the…