People v. Walker

Defendant was convicted after a trial before a jury of a violation of section 288a of the Penal Code. He appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for new trial.

Kenneth Peel, the prosecuting witness, a boy of the age of 15, lived in Romoland, California, and was a student at the Perris Senior High School. He attended a dance in Riverside on the evening of October 20, 1947, and on his way home stopped at the Bright Spot Café in Perris shortly after midnight. There he met the defendant who asked him where he was going and if he wanted anything. He took a hamburger and a…