People v. Soliz CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant David Jose Soliz was charged by information with the

following seventeen counts: lewd act on a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code1 § 288,

subd. (a), counts 1-12), lewd act upon a child age 14 or 15 when the defendant was at

least 10 years older than the child, (§ 288, subd. (c)(1), counts 13 & 14); unlawful

intercourse with a child more than three years younger (§ 261.5, subd. (c), counts 15 &

16), and incest (§ 285, count 17). A jury found him guilty as charged. CT 195-196} On

September 19, 2024, the court sentenced defendant to a total term of 31 years and four

months in state prison.

Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The victim was born on January 21, 1994, and was 30 years old at the time of trial.

Defendant is her father. The victim had one sibling and two half-siblings — D., A., and

L. — all with the same father but different mothers. The victim testified that she first

reported to the police in August 2020 that father sexually abused her. She said she took

so long to come forward because she still loved her father, and she was hesitant about

going through a trial. However, she decided to come…