Castaneda

Pedro Renteria Castaneda appeals from the judgment imprisoning him for 44 years for 29 counts of child molestation involving his teenaged stepdaughter and his 7-year-old daughter, along with 2 separate enhancements due to his position of trust and substantial sexual conduct he committed. The actual charges stem from his act of raping his stepdaughter for the first time in 1984 while his wife was in the hospital delivering their daughter and continue for more than seven years until he started fondling the natural daughter bom to him on that fateful day. He contends the trial court erred when it admitted evidence of other, uncharged sexual acts he committed against his stepdaughter and when it denied his motion for acquittal at the end of the prosecution’s case. He also alleges reversible error occurred when the court instructed the jury on the reasonable doubt standard as defined in CALJIC No. 2.90. Finally, he argues the sentencing court erred by failing to state reasons for imposing consecutive sentences. We affirm.

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Facts

The details of this gruesome and hideous incest consume many pages of testimony. However, in summary, Castaneda fondled, and later raped, his…