People v. Lawrence

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of taking indecent liberties with the person of a female child under the age of 16 without committing or attempting to commit the crime of rape or the crime of sodomy or gross indecency. MCLA § 750.336 (Stat Ann 1954 Kev § 28.568).

On this appeal of right, defendant assigns as error the admission of testimony by Naomi Astolfi, age nine, and that of her brother Mark, age seven, relating to the acts allegedly perpetrated upon the girl by defendant.

Pursuant to statutory authorization, 1 the trial judge examined the children in order to ascertain if…