People v. Hernandez CA4/1

BACKGROUND

In 2023, the San Diego District Attorney filed a second amended information charging Hernandez with 48 counts of various sexual offenses against his stepson, B.C., and his nephew, J.R.S. The information alleged Hernandez committed the following crimes against B.C.: aggravated sexual assault of a child (Pen. Code, § 269, subd. (a); count 1); sodomy with a child who was 10 years of age or younger (id., § 288.7, subd. (a); counts 2-5); oral copulation with a child 10 years of age or younger (id., § 288.7, subd. (b); counts 6-9); lewd acts upon a child (id., § 288, subd. (a); counts 10-13); sodomy with a person under 14 years of age and more than 10 years younger (id., § 286, subd. (c)(1); counts 14-17); oral copulation with a person under the age of 14 years and more than 10 years younger (id., § 287, subd. (c)(1); counts 18-21); and lewd acts upon a child (id., § 288, subd. (a); counts 22-25). The information alleged Hernandez committed the following crimes against J.R.S.: aggravated sexual assault of a child (Pen. Code, § 269, subd. (a); count 26); sodomy with a person under 14 years of age and more

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