RUILOBA

A jury convicted Arthur Daniel Ruiloba of three counts of lewd conduct with a child under 16 while he was at least 10 years older than the child. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (c)(1); further unspecified section references are to this code.) The trial court sent him to prison for four years four months, and defendant timely appealed.

Defendant contends: (1) A statute improperly revived time-barred charges; (2) no substantial evidence supports count III; (3) no substantial corroboration supports extending the statute of limitation; (4) the court should have bifurcated the trial on the statute of limitation; (5) the court misinstructed about uncharged conduct; (6) the court misinstructed on corroboration; (7) the court should have excluded evidence about child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS); (8) the sentence is based on facts not found true by the jury; and (9) certain fines were improper, a claim conceded by the Attorney General.

In the published portions of this opinion, we reject defendant’s claim that he was entitled to a bifurcated trial on the statute of limitations, but we offer an instructional suggestion for future cases, and we reject his claim that…