Sanchez
People v. Sanchez
Opinion
Opinion
Files, J.
Defendant was charged with three counts of indecent exposure, in violation of Penal Code section 314, subdivision 1. These offenses were alleged to have been committed on November 6 (count I), November 16 (count II) and November 23, 1964 (count III). The information charged a prior conviction for violating the same subsection. Defendant pleaded not guilty but admitted the prior conviction. For defendant’s benefit a Spanish language interpreter was sworn. The jury found defendant guilty on counts II and III, but acquitted him on count I. This appeal is from the judgment.
Carol, a 14-year-old girl, testified that on the morning of November 6 en route to her junior high school with her friends Mary, Monica, Maria and Ramona, they saw a man exposing himself on the back steps of an apartment house. She did not see his face, but she was about 15 feet away. When she arrived at school she reported this to the principal.
On November 16, Carol, in the company of the same group of girls, saw the same man in the same place doing the same thing. This time she saw his face. This incident was also reported to the principal when the girls reached school. Carol pointed out the defendant in the…