People v. Bernstein

A jury rendered a verdict finding defendant-appellant guilty of statutory rape on November 25, 1957, in violation of section 261, subdivision 1, of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail in accordance with the recommendation of the jury.

Madeline, the prosecutrix, 16 years of age at the time the offense charged was committed, was an unmarried high school student when she first met defendant professionally in his office on June 10, 1957. He was a licensed physician who limited his practice to psychiatry and neurology, conducted his practice in an office in Fresno,…