People v. Mathison CA3

Filed 11/19/24 P. v. Mathison CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C099140

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 22FE001568)

v.

JASON PAUL MATHISON,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Jason Paul Mathison was convicted of 38 counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a child and was sentenced to over 76 years in prison. On appeal, he argues his convictions should be reversed due to several instances of misconduct by the prosecutor during closing argument. He also argues his counsel provided ineffective assistance by (1) failing to object to the prosecutor’s misconduct, (2) failing to move to suppress statements he made during a pretext call on the ground they were…