People v. Ramirez CA4/3

FACTS

A.P. met Ramirez in 2000; she and her two young daughters, then 9-year-old M. and 6-year-old C., moved in with Ramirez and his brother’s family in 2001. A.P. gave birth to Ramirez’s daughter D. that year and to their son in 2003. Ramirez committed numerous sexual crimes against his two stepdaughters, M. and C., and his biological daughter, D., beginning when they were young and continuing until adulthood. Ramirez was initially charged with 24 counts against C., M., and D. A jury found Ramirez guilty of the following crimes against C.: (1) lewd or lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14 years (§ 288, subd. (a); count 1); (2) aggravated sexual assault upon a child under the age of 14 and seven or more years younger than the defendant, by committing rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2); count 2); (3) forcible sexual penetration of a minor 14 years of age or older (§ 289, subd. (a)(1)(C); count 4); (4) two counts of forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2); counts 6, 9); and (5) sodomy by force on a minor 14 years of age or older (§ 286, subd. (c)(2)(C); count 7). The jury found Ramirez guilty of the following crimes against M.: (1) lewd or lascivious act upon a child under the age of…