People v. Tran CA6

I. BACKGROUND

Tran was charged by information with three counts of aggravated sexual assault (by oral copulation) of a child under 14 years of age in violation of Penal Code1 section 269, subdivision (a)(4), 10 counts of lewd conduct with a child under 14 years of age in violation of section 288, subdivision (a), and one count of attempted rape of a child under 14 years of age in violation of section 261, subdivision (a)(2), section 269,

1 Subsequent undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. subdivision (a)(1), and section 664. The information also alleged that Tran committed sexual offenses against multiple victims in violation of section 667.61, subdivisions (b) and (e). In March 2022, Tran’s case went to trial. The prosecutor presented testimony from three adult woman—Ngan Doe, Han Doe, and Hang Doe—who testified that Tran abused them when they were children. Ngan Doe testified that Tran, who was a family friend, abused her in various ways from 2004 to 2006 and 2009 to 2013. Ngan Doe’s younger sister, Han Doe, testified that Tran abused her and her sister in various ways from 2009 to 2016. Another, unrelated woman, Hang Doe, testified that Tran, who was a…