People v. Reis CA1/3

BACKGROUND

The incident that led to charges being filed against defendant occurred in September 2018 and was first reported to police in July 2019.1 Thereafter,

In their respective briefs the parties quote lengthy passages from the

background summary in B.D.F. I, supra, 101 Cal.App.5th at pp. 388-395. We do not adopt that approach, but our prior opinion is part of the appellate record, and we take many of our background facts from it.

1 defendant was charged with committing the following offenses against Jane Doe: willful commission of a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)), and sending or exhibiting harmful matter to a minor (id., § 288.2, subd. (a)(2)).2 Defendant was taken into custody but then released on bond pending trial. The Jury Trial Defendant’s trial was held in November and December 2022. The People called two witnesses, Jane Doe, who was 15 at the time of trial, and her 19-year-old sister, Melissa. Melissa testified first, recounting what she could recall about a conversation that she had with Jane in September 2018, when Jane was 11. During the conversation, Jane was crying and upset. She told Melissa about an incident that…