People v. Doggett

The defendants were charged with the violation of section 288a of the Penal Code and, in a second count, with the violation of section 286 of that code. A jury found them guilty on both counts and they were sentenced accordingly, the sentences to run consecutively. A motion for a new trial was denied and each defendant has appealed from that order and from the judgment.

The defendants, who are husband and wife, occupied a furnished apartment in Indio. They also carried on from this apartment a business under the name of “Artistic Studios.” As a result of an investigation carried on by the…