Legal Opinion

People v. Liberty

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 6, 1919No. Crim. No. 711PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from orders refusing a new trial, and denying a motion in arrest of judgment. George H. Cabaniss, Judge. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtWaste, P. J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction under section 288 of the Penal Code, and from the orders denying his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment.

The original information in the case charged the commission of the lewd and lascivious acts with and upon the person of a female child “of the age of twelve years by then and there placing the hands of him . . . upon the private parts of her, etc.” During the trial of the case the court, in the exercise of the discretion granted by section 1008 of the Penal Code, directed the district attorney, over the objection of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. DonaldsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
  2. People v. RippeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
  3. People v. MillerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. SeversonIdaho Supreme Court · 2009
  2. People v. HinshawCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
  3. People v. SilbeloCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
  4. State v. SeversonIdaho Supreme Court · 2009

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