People v. Scott

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction after jury trial on an information charging four counts of child molestation (Pen. Code, § 288) and four counts of incest (id., § 285). We will sustain his principal contention that the results of a medical test ordered by the court should have been suppressed, and will reverse the judgment. For the guidance of court and counsel on retrial, we will also dispose of certain other claims of error.

*289In June or July of 1974, the complaining witness, then 13 years old, came to live with her parents, defendant and his wife. For…