People v. Estorga

The defendant was convicted on three counts of an information charging the crime of rape. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict is not questioned. In fact, it could not be, for, as defendant in the court below, appellant voluntarily took the stand and admitted, without equivocation, the commission of each of the acts charged. The only point we deem it necessary to consider on this appeal is the contention that the court committed prejudicial error in its method of conducting the examination of the jurors called to try the cause, the question for consideration being whether or…