Perez

People v. Mario Renee Perez

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105 Cal. Rptr. 3d 749·182 Cal. App. 4th 231·2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 226
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 24, 2010H033386California5,446 words

Opinion

Opinion

Duffy, J.

A jury convicted defendant, Mario Renee Perez, of three sex offenses, each involving a different victim. He claims that the statute of limitations barred his prosecution on two of the three charges. He also claims that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the judgment as to one of his convictions and that evidence of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome is generally inadmissible. Finding that recent California Supreme Court decisions compel rejection of his limitations claim and that his other claims lack merit, we will affirm the judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Convictions and Sentence

An information charged defendant with four counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child by force or fear in violation of Penal Code section 288, subdivision (b)(1). Each of the four charges named a different victim. The information alleged with regard to each count that defendant fell under the alternative, and more severe, punishment scheme set forth in the “One Strike” law (§ 667.61, subds. (b), (e)).

Of importance to defendant’s appeal, the information alleged, with regard to counts 1 and 4, that defendant violated section 288, subdivision (b)(1),…

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