People v. Conterno

From judgments of guilty on two counts of statutory rape after trial before the court without a jury, defendant appeals.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (respondent), the essential facts are:

Defendant on two occasions had an act of sexual intercourse with the prosecuting witness, a female sixteen years of age.

Defendant relies for reversal of the judgments upon two propositions which will be stated and discussed hereunder seriatim.

First: There is no substantial evidence to sustain the findings upon which the judgments were necessarily predicated.

This proposition…