People v. Wansor CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2015, Jane Doe was 12 years old. Wansor is Jane Doe’s father. Jane Doe lived primarily with her mother, but she sometimes stayed with Wansor in the house where Wansor lived with Jane Doe’s grandmother. On those

1 Unless otherwise indicated all further statutory references are to the Penal Code. 2 occasions, Jane Doe and Wansor shared a bedroom and often slept in the same bed. In August 2015, Jane Doe disclosed to her mother that Wansor had recently committed a sexual assault against her while she was staying with him. Jane Doe’s mother immediately reported the incident to the police, and Jane Doe participated in a forensic interview on August 27, 2015. During the 2015 forensic interview, and later during her 2023 trial testimony, Jane Doe stated that Wansor had pressured her to start smoking marijuana with him approximately a month before the sexual assault. During her forensic interview, Jane Doe explained that she initially refused Wansor’s requests that she smoke marijuana, but he continued to insist and then became angry, so she acquiesced. As Jane Doe stated, “[H]e . . . started getting mad and when he gets mad he has like anger…