People v. Cordray

BROWN (R. M.), J. *

Appellant was convicted of the charge of committing lewd and lascivious acts upon the body of a 4-year-old girl, after a jury trial on July 24, 1962. The proceedings were thereupon suspended and appellant was found by the court to be a sexual psychopath and was thereafter sent to Atascadero State Hospital for observation and diagnosis. On November 16, 1962, after observation, the appellant was remanded to the superior court on the basis that he was not a sexual psychopath. A motion for a new trial was heard and denied, and appellant was subsequently committed to the state…