People v. Maldonado

Appellants Maldonado and Holman, each convicted by jury of two counts of violation of section 288a of the Penal Code, given suspended sentences and placed on probation, appeal from the orders, as judgments.

Separate briefs have been filed. Holman, having refused to accept the services of appointed counsel, prepared his own briefs.

First to be considered is the contention of both appellants that the evidence upon which they were convicted, consisting of the testimony of police officers as to their observations through what amounted to a hidden peephole into a men’s restroom of a theatre, was…