Bravo

People v. Bravo

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 7, 2025A168580California5,548 words

Opinion

Opinion

Miller, J.

BACKGROUND

Bravo’s Criminal Convictions and Original Sentence In 2006, when Bravo was 29 years old, he had sexual contact with a 15- year-old girl, Jane Doe, on multiple occasions over the course of four months.1 According to the Contra Costa District Attorney, Bravo exposed Doe to drugs and had sex with her in San Francisco in June 2006 and exposed her to alcohol and had sex with her at a hotel in Concord in September 2006. In July 2006, Bravo had sex and engaged in other sex acts with Doe two or three different times in Concord. On another occasion, Bravo took Doe to San Francisco and asked her whether she would prostitute herself for him and called himself a “ ‘pimp.’ ” He also asked her to sell drugs in the area where she lived. Doe became pregnant, and she had an abortion. Pursuant to a negotiated disposition reached in 2008, Bravo pleaded no contest to 12 felonies: three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse by a person 21 years of age or older with a minor under 16 years old (Pen. Code,2 § 261.5, subd. (d); counts 1, 4, and 6); three counts of lewd acts upon a child aged 14 to

1 Our summary of Bravo’s criminal conduct is based on the parties’

descriptions, which they…

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