People v. Nankervis

The defendant was charged with, tried by a jury for, and convicted of the offenses of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and of statutory rape, i.e., violations of sections 288 and 261, subdivision 1, of the Penal Code, involving his minor daughter, Brenda, and allegedly occurring on November 1, 1958, and August 12, 1959, respectively. The defendant moved for a new trial which was denied. Thereupon he was sentenced to the state prison. From the order denying his motion for a new trial and from the judgment of imprisonment in the state prison which followed, he appeals.

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