The People v. Windsor CA3

FACTS

J.R., the victim in this case, was born to her teenaged mother and father in September 1995. The parents‟ relationship ended shortly before her birth. Initially, J.R. lived with her mother and grandmother. In July 1997, mother gave birth to a second daughter, A.M. Defendant and mother began a relationship sometime in 1999. In March 2001, mother gave birth to a third daughter, M.W. Mother‟s fourth daughter, Z.W., was born in June 2002. Defendant fathered these children. In 2003, defendant and mother, as well as A.M., M.W., and Z.W., moved into an apartment in Rancho Cordova. Shortly before the move, J.R. moved in with her father, but stayed with her mother on certain weekends. In June 2003, mother gave birth to a son, G.W., who was also fathered by defendant. Incidents at the Rancho Cordova Apartment (Counts 1 & 2) Defendant‟s abuse of J.R. began at the Rancho Cordova apartment. She was seven years old and in the first grade. The first incident she remembered occurred in her mother‟s bedroom. Defendant removed J.R.‟s clothes and rubbed his penis against her vaginal area as they lay on the floor. J.R. asked him to stop and tried to push him off of her, to no avail.…