People v. Downer

57 Cal.2d 800 (1962)

372 P.2d 107

22 Cal. Rptr. 347

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

HARVEY ROBERT DOWNER, Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. Crim. 7022.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 4, 1962.

William P. Callahan and Kenneth G. Wilshire for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and John F. Foran, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

McCOMB, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of guilty of the crime of attempted incest, after trial before a jury.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the People, the…