People v. Villegas CA1/4

BACKGROUND

I. Procedural Background

An amended information charged defendant with committing a lewd and lascivious act on Doe 1, a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (a), count 1); committing a lewd and lascivious act on Jane Doe 2 (Doe 2), a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (a), count 2); sexually penetrating Doe 2, a minor over the age of 14, with a foreign object (§ 289, subd. (a)(1)(C), count 3); committing a lewd and lascivious act on Doe 2, a child either 14 or 15 (§ 288, subd. (c)(1), count 4); sexually penetrating Jane Doe 3 (Doe 3), a minor over the age of 14 (§ 289, subd. (a)(1)(C), count 5); and forcibly orally copulating Doe 3, a minor over the age of 14 (former § 288a, subd. (c)(2)(C), count 6). The information contained multiple victim allegations under various subdivisions of section 667.61 as to counts 1 through 6. A jury convicted defendant on all counts and found all allegations true.

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