People v. Murray

Defendant was charged with statutory rape of his stepdaughter in violation of section 261 of the Penal Code. The information contained six counts. Defendant was acquitted on four and convicted on two, to wit, counts one and six. Count one charged a commission of the offense “on or about” the 10th day of February, 1947, when the stepdaughter was 16 years old; and count six a commission of same “on or about” the 14th day of April, 1948, when the girl was 17 years of age. Sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

On this appeal defendant, appearing as his own counsel, states in his opening…