People v. Moten

Defendant was convicted of violating section 288 of the Penal Code, in that he did “commit a lewd and lascivious act upon and with the body ... of Jeannette Moten,” his daughter, who at the time of trial was 12 years of age. Defendant was represented below by the public defender and appeals in propria persona. The case was tried upon the transcript of the preliminary hearing and upon additional evidence taken at the trial. The prosecution’s witnesses were Jeannette Moten, defendant’s daughter, Mary Ann Moten, defendant’s wife, and Grace Ann White, aged 17, Jeannette Moten's cousin.

The…