People v. Troyn

The defendant, Lewis Jack Troyn, who entered a plea of guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor during his trial on a charge of violating section 288a of the Penal Code, now appeals from the order of the superior court admitting him to probation. He was admitted to bail during the pendency of the appeal. The appeal is equivalent to an appeal from a judgment of conviction. (Pen. Code, § 1237, subd. 1; People v. Bugg, 204 Cal. App.2d 811, 814 [22 Cal.Rptr. 896] ; People v. Goldstein, 136 Cal. App.2d 778, 793 [289 P.2d 581].)

First, the defendant contends that the court abused its…