People v. Sweet

The defendant was convicted of an attempt to commit the felony denounced by section 288a of the Penal Code, and he has appealed.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not questioned, nor are any of the rulings made during the course of the trial assigned as error. The points urged for reversal arise out of the proceedings had at the time of the pronouncement of judgment. In this connection the record shows that at the time defendant was first arraigned on the charge, he appeared with counsel of his own selection, entered a plea of not guilty, and waived a trial by jury.…