People v. Giral CA2/6

Background Information Appellant and Serena married in 1990. In March 1999 they had twins, a boy and a girl, J.G. Appellant’s alcohol issues led to a divorce in 2007. Appellant moved into a condominium, and the children lived primarily with their mother. Appellant took the children each Wednesday evening and on alternating weekends. J.G. slept in a bed with appellant and her brother slept on the floor. After about two years, appellant moved in with his ailing mother. The children also stayed with appellant at this four- bedroom house. In 2012, appellant moved to Colorado to be with Meredith, whom he married in 2013. Meredith already had two children, including a daughter M.H., who was born in 2000. J.G. and her brother would visit appellant at least twice a year. Every time she visited appellant in Colorado, J.G.’s stomach would hurt, and she would vomit the first day she arrived. In 2018, Meredith realized appellant’s computer had nude images of M.H. in her room. Small cameras were later found in appellant’s nightstand. When Serena told J.G. what had happened, J.G. began crying and said now everybody will know appellant molested J.G. That day, J.G. made a report to law…