Vaile
People v. Vaile
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Thompson, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment and order of life imprisonment imposed on the defendant upon conviction of two felonies and three prior convictions of felonies formerly committed by him.
By means of an information filed in Yolo County the defendant was charged with four separate felonies, together with three prior convictions of other felonies. To each of these charges of prior convictions of felonies he pleaded guilty. To each of the major felonies charged in the information he pleaded not guilty. To each of these- last-mentioned charges he also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The second and third alleged offenses charged in the information were dismissed for lack of evidence. Upon trial the jury rendered separate verdicts finding the defendant guilty, (1) of lewd and lascivious conduct in violation of section 288 of the Penal Code, and, (2) guilty of the infamous crime against nature in violation of section 286 of the same code. The jury also rendered separate verdicts finding the defendant sane at the times of the commission of the two last-mentioned offenses. The defendant was thereupon sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison at Folsom for the term of his…