Caratachea

Filed 12/13/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D082799

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCN425854)

LUIS ARMANDO CARATACHEA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Anthony J. Campagna, Judge. Affirmed in part, remanded for resentencing. David M. McKinney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher P. Beesley and Warren J. Williams, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. A jury convicted defendant Luis Armando Caratachea of multiple sexual offenses against four victims. One of the victims testified about certain of the charged crimes as well as an uncharged sexual offense he allegedly committed against her in Mexico. Caratachea conceded that the testimony about the uncharged offense was admissible and requested the court instruct the jurors about the proper use of it. The court admitted…