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People v. Hamey

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Two
Nov 30, 1937
23 Cal.App.2d 689 (Cal. Ct. App. 1937)

Opinion

Docket No. 3030.

November 30, 1937.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. Frank M. Smith, Judge. Affirmed.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

F.H. Whitfield for Appellant.

U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Warner I. Praul, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent.


From a judgment of guilty on three counts of violation of section 288 of the Penal Code after trial before the court without a jury and from an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.

It would serve no useful purpose for us to relate in detail the revolting acts of which the testimony shows the defendant was guilty, since he relies for reversal of the judgment on the sole proposition that there is not any substantial evidence to sustain the trial court's finding that the acts of defendant were committed with the specific intent required by section 288 of the Penal Code. [1] This proposition is untenable, since an examination of the record discloses that there was substantial evidence considered in connection with such inferences as the trial judge may have reasonably drawn therefrom to sustain the finding hereinabove mentioned and each and every other material finding of fact upon which the judgment of guilty was necessarily predicated. We therefore refrain from further discussion of the evidence. ( Thatch v. Livingston, 13 Cal.App. (2d) 202 [ 56 P.2d 549]; People v. Groves, 9 Cal.App. (2d) 317, 321 [ 49 P.2d 888, 50 P.2d 913]; Leavens v. Pinkham McKevitt, 164 Cal. 242, 245 [ 128 P. 399].)

The judgment and order are and each is affirmed.

Crail, P.J., and Wood, J., concurred.


Summaries of

People v. Hamey

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Two
Nov 30, 1937
23 Cal.App.2d 689 (Cal. Ct. App. 1937)
Case details for

People v. Hamey

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. BENJAMIN F. HAMEY, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Two

Date published: Nov 30, 1937

Citations

23 Cal.App.2d 689 (Cal. Ct. App. 1937)
73 P.2d 1254

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