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People v. Lewis

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 3, 1952No. Crim. 2807PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDooling, J.

Appellant Lewis and one Soto were jointly tried before a jury and each convicted of statutory rape. (Pen. Code, § 261(1).) They were tried and convicted as aiders and abettors (Pen. Code, § 31), the actual act or acts of intercourse having been committed by C, a high school boy of the age of 18, with one B, a 16-year-old high school girl.

The evidence, disregarding conflicts, showed that Soto drove the appellant and the two young people to a secluded spot in the country where the two young people disrobed and engaged in the sexual act while appellant took several photographs of them.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. KingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  2. People v. BeltranCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
  3. People v. HillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  4. People v. Le GrantCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  5. People v. ByrdCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. People v. TerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. People v. HolfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  3. People v. YarberCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
  4. People v. CarlsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
  5. People v. CourtneyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959

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