People v. Bormann

Opinion

GUSTAFSON, J.

The accusatory pleading charged defendant with a violation of section 278 of the Penal Code in that from November 10, 1966, through March 12, 1968, he did “maliciously, forcibly and fraudulently take and entice away a minor child, Nancy Viola Lawson, aged nine years, with intent then and there to detain and conceal such minor child from Loretta Sue Lawson, the mother of such child.” Defendant was convicted of that offense in a nonjury trial and appeals from the judgment of conviction.

The evidence is insufficient to support the conviction and we reverse the judgment.

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