People v. Hoehl CA3

BACKGROUND

In light of the issues raised on appeal, we need only provide a brief summary of the facts adduced at trial.2 Hoehl and his wife adopted seven children. R.H. and S.H., the two oldest girls, are about three months apart. Hoehl favored R.H. and was much more lenient with her than his other children. Hoehl’s wife (Mother) “very frequently” left Hoehl home alone with some of the children when she took other children to medical appointments. Some appointments were out of town and involved overnight stays. Hoehl also had an adult biological son who died in June 2018. A. Sexual abuse of R.H. 1. R.H.’s testimony and statements Hoehl’s daughter R.H. was 17 years old when she testified at trial. She testified that Hoehl sexually abused her “[e]very day,” starting when she was in the sixth grade. He often abused her at night when she was asleep—she would wake up to Hoehl’s penis in her mouth or his fingers in her vagina. Hoehl had sex with her about once a month, whenever Mother was out of town. He put his penis in R.H.’s mouth more than 10 times, licked her vagina more than once, showed her pornography approximately 20 times, and forcibly inserted a dildo into her vagina on…