People v. Milliman CA3

BACKGROUND

A detailed statement of the facts underlying Milliman’s convictions is unnecessary. Briefly, in March 2023, a Tehama County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of child sexual abuse of a 10-year-old victim. The abuse, which included sodomy and various acts of lewd and lascivious conduct, went on for three years. It stopped after the victim reported the abuse at school. In December 2023, Red Bluff police responded to a call that Milliman was parked outside a Walmart with a shotgun. After detaining Milliman, officers also found methamphetamine in his possession. An information charged Milliman with multiple counts of sexual abuse. A separate information charged Milliman with several felony firearm offenses and misdemeanor possession. Milliman pled no contest to two counts of committing a lewd act on a child under 14 (§ 288, subd. (a)) and pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1)). The remaining counts were dismissed. At sentencing, defense counsel notified the court that there was an error in the probation report regarding Milliman’s history of childhood trauma. Although the report stated that Milliman’s father was sentenced to prison…