People v. Andrade-Monterrosas CA1/2

BACKGROUND

I. Procedural Background Andrade-Monterrosas was charged by information filed on December 28, 2021, with attempted lewd act upon a child (Pen. Code, § 665/288, subd. (a)) (count 1), meeting a minor for lewd purposes (id.,

1 § 288.4, subd. (b)) (count 2) and contact with a minor for sexual offense (id., § 288.3, subd. (a)) (count 3). After a jury trial in January 2023, Andrade-Monterrosas was found guilty of all counts. On February 27, 2023, he was sentenced to a two-year period of formal probation and required to register as a sex offender for life. He filed a timely notice of appeal on March 1, 2023.

II.

Factual Background A. The People’s Evidence The conduct underlying Andrade-Monterrosas’s convictions arose from his communications on an internet dating platform with a police detective posing as a young woman. The officer, Detective Joseph Nunemaker, testified at trial as an expert in child exploitation cases. Nunemaker was in the Investigations Division of the Brentwood Police Department and specialized in sex crimes and child abuse. For four years preceding the events in this case, he had been a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC),…