People v. Pancoast CA1/3

BACKGROUND

The Contra Costa County District Attorney filed an amended felony complaint charging Pancoast with multiple counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under 14 years of age (§ 288, subd. (a); counts 1–3, 11–14, 16–18, 20, & 22), rape by use of drugs (§ 261, subd. (a)(3); counts 4 & 6), sexual penetration by foreign object (§ 289, subd. (e); counts 5 & 7), committing a lewd act upon a child (§ 288, subd. (c)(1); counts 8–10, & 19), committing a

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. forcible lewd act upon a child under 14 years of age (§ 288, subd. (b)(1); counts 15, 25–26), oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child under ten years of age (§ 288.7, subd. (b); count 21), and aggravated sexual assault of a child (§ 269, subd. (a)(1); counts 23–24). It was further alleged Pancoast committed the charged offenses in counts 1–3, 11–20, 22, and 25–26 against multiple victims. Defendant pled guilty to counts 1, 9, 11, 14, 16, 21, and 23. The court subsequently sentenced Pancoast to a prison term of 25 years to life on counts 1, 11, 14, and 16, a prison term of 15 years to life on counts 21 and 23, and a two-year term on count 9. The issue of…