People v. Alvidrez CA5

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In July 2023, the Tulare County District Attorney filed an amended information charging Alvidrez with three counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 years of age or younger (Pen. Code,1 § 288.7, subd. (b); counts 1, 2, 14), 21 counts of lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (a); counts 3–13, 52–61), 34 counts of forcible lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (b)(1); count 15–48), two counts of lewd acts on a child aged 14 or 15 (§ 288, subd. (c)(1); counts 49 & 50), and one count of forcible oral copulation (former § 288a, subd. (c)(2)(B), now § 287, subd. (c)(2)(B); count 51). The information further alleged a multiple-victim special circumstance as to counts 3 through 13, 15 through 48, and 51 through 61.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2. A jury convicted Alvidrez as charged. On September 21, 2023, the trial court sentenced him to a total term of 885 years to life, concurrent to a determinate term of two years. The indeterminate term consisted of consecutive terms of 15 years to life on counts 1 through 48 and 51 through 61. The determinate term consisted of concurrent…