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P. v. Renshaw CA3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 29, 2013C066537California6,963 words

Opinion

Opinion

FACTS

People’s Case

The charged offenses as described by C. were partly corroborated by circumstantial evidence, and partly corroborated by uncharged act evidence showing defendant sexually

victimized other girls and young women, reflecting his predisposition to commit such offenses,

and in some cases showing his intent, motive, common plan, and opportunity. (See Evid. Code,

§§ 1101, subd. (b) (§ 1101(b)), 1108 (§ 1108).)

C.’s Trial Testimony

C. testified defendant was her second cousin, but she called him uncle.2 C. lived in the

same house as defendant, with defendant‟s mother, for about two months beginning in October

2005, and later from January 2006 to February 4, 2007, on Park Avenue. C. shared a bedroom

with her two younger sisters, and defendant shared a bedroom with his then-girlfriend Michele

and his son, I.

A few weeks after C. moved back to the Park Avenue home, in January 2006, while they

were in the garage, defendant asked C. to suck his penis, and he instructed her how to do this

while rubbing her vagina and “butt” over her clothing. Defendant told C. he would kill her

mother and sisters, which scared her. He made her do it again in his bedroom a few…

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