People v. Sampson CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

A. Brother’s Testimony Brother was born in spring 2010. He and Sampson, who is 14 years older, have the same mother. During the relevant time period, brother lived with his father during the week but spent weekends at his mother’s Vacaville home, where Sampson lived. Brother and Sampson each had their own room at their mother’s house. Brother, who was 13 years old during the trial, testified that Sampson molested him “frequently” when he was in kindergarten and first grade. Sampson would come into his room, tell brother to take his clothes off, and then remove his own clothes. Sampson would bend brother over and insert his penis into brother’s “butt,” which he did successfully “[m]ore than one time.” Sometimes, Sampson would put “lube or Vaseline” on his own penis “and try to get his penis farther into [brother’s] butt.” Sampson would then “stop[] and go[] back into his room or . . . ejaculate[] on” brother’s back or buttocks. Afterward, brother took a shower or wiped himself off with a towel. It hurt when Sampson sodomized him, and he had blood in his “poop.” Brother also testified that Sampson sometimes put his penis in brother’s…