People v. Anderson
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtConley, P. J.
The defendant, Andrew Benjamin Anderson, was convicted on count I of sodomy, otherwise known as “the infamous crime against nature” on the person of Patrick Hironymous, a 16-year-old male, and on count II of oral copulation with the same minor; the trial was heard by the judge without a jury. The defendant was sentenced to state’s prison on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.
As his only point on appeal, the defendant argues that Patrick Hironymous was an accomplice and that there was insufficient corroborating evidence to warrant a conviction on either count.
The victim, Patrick…
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