People v. Fontes CA1/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 22, 2025A171757California4,856 words

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Petrou, J.

Filed 12/22/25 P. v. Fontes CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A171757

v. PETERSON WILLIAM FONTES, (Napa County Super. Ct. No. 19CR001470) Defendant and Appellant.

Peterson William Fontes was convicted by a jury of forcible sexual penetration by a foreign object (Pen. Code1 § 289, subd. (a)(1)(A)) (two counts), second degree burglary (§ 459), and felony vandalism (§ 594, subd. (b)(1)). He was sentenced in 2020 to an aggregate term of 16 years and eight months, including upper term sentences on the forcible sexual penetration counts. In 2022, we affirmed Fontes’s convictions but remanded for resentencing based on intervening changes in sentencing law. Upon remand, the trial court reimposed the…

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