Cantrell
People v. Cantrell
Opinion
Opinion
Merrill, J.
Following trial by jury, appellant Gary Wayne Cantrell was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor (Pen. Code, § 272 ); three misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a child under eighteen (§ 647a, renumbered § 647.Ó by Stats. 1987, ch. 1418, § 4.3, pp. 5229-5230); one felony count of committing a lewd act on a child under fourteen (§ 288, subd. (a)); one misdemeanor count of battery (§ 242); three felony counts of sexual filming of a minor (§ 311.4, subd. (c)); two misdemeanor counts of procuring a minor for an indecent purpose (Lab. Code, § 1308); and two felony counts of penetration by a foreign object (§ 289, subd. (i).) The jury found him not guilty of one felony count of false imprisonment (§ 236). Appellant received a total sentence of ten years and eight months in state prison plus six months in county jail to be served consecutively to the prison term.
I
Forty-one-year-old appellant is a resident of Napa, California, where he has apparently lived all of his life. Between 1977 and 1986, he worked for the Napa Fire Department. However, at the end of that period he suffered an injury and was placed on medical…