Redondo

Appellant Steve Alan Redondo was convicted by a jury of two counts of forcible oral copulation (Pen. Code, § 288a, subd. (c)) and two counts of forcible lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under age 14 (§ 288, subd. (b)). The jury also found Redondo had kidnapped the victim for the purpose of committing each of these offenses (§ 667.8). He was sentenced to 25 years in state prison.

He raises five issues on appeal, each of which we find insufficient for reversal.

Facts

1. Prosecution

On the night preceding the attack, nine-year-old Mariano C. had fallen asleep near three of his older brothers in the living room of his home in San Jose. His mother, who had been watching television in the living room with her sons, retired to her room at about 4 a.m.

Mariano awoke later that morning as he was being carried across his front yard. He recognized the person carrying him as “Steve,” a friend of his older brother Nestor. This person—later identified as defendant Redondo—hit Mariano in the face when Mariano looked at him. Redondo told the boy to keep quiet. Redondo then carried Mariano across the street to a neighbor’s yard about 150 feet from Mariano’s home. There,…