People v. Torrez CA6

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Offenses When Jane Doe was 10 or 11 years old, Torrez rented a room from her grandparents, who lived next door. Roughly a year later, Doe’s father moved out, and Torrez, whom Doe believed was having an affair with her mother, moved in with Doe, her older sister, her older sister’s boyfriend, and her younger brother. Later, Torrez and Doe’s mother had two children together. When Doe was 11 years old, Torrez began molesting her while her mother was out of the house working a night shift. Eventually the molestation escalated to attempted oral copulation and vaginal penetration with his fingers and penis. When Doe was 13 years old, she told her mother that Torrez was abusing her, but Torrez denied the abuse, and Doe’s mother believed him. Afterwards the abuse mostly stopped, but when Doe was 14 years old, Doe’s mother whipped Doe with an electric cord, and Doe fled to her father’s house. When police responded to the father’s report of physical abuse, Doe told them about Torrez’s sexual abuse. Police arrested Torrez the next day. B. The Charges Torrez was eventually charged with 17 offenses, including lewd or lascivious acts upon a minor and various forms of…