People v. Machmuller CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

In January 2023, then 48-year-old Machmuller lived in the Lakeport home of C.P.’s grandmother (grandmother). Grandmother testified that she invited him to move in a few months earlier after meeting him and learning he was unhoused. Machmuller had his own room and did not pay rent. C.P. often visited grandmother’s house and was friends with D.W., who lived with her parents and brother next door. W.B., a family friend of grandmother’s, also spent time at the house and was close with the other two girls. A. The Counts Involving D.W. and C.P. Around midday on January 15, 2023, C.P., D.W., and another friend, 13-year-old L.B., were hanging out together at grandmother’s house. Grandmother and Machmuller were also there. According to D.W. and C.P., Machmuller went to the store and returned with a bottle of E&J brandy. All three girls went into his bedroom and began drinking shots of the brandy

2 chased with soda.2 D.W., who was about five feet tall and 100 pounds, testified that she and the other two girls each drank 15 to 20 shots of the liquor. She testified that Machmuller, who is six feet, two inches tall, drank even more than that. C.P.,…