Chan
People v. Hoy Chan
Opinion
Opinion
Turner, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendant, Hoy Chan, appeals after he was convicted of 10 counts of forcible lewd conduct with a child. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (b)(1).) Further, defendant was convicted of 10 counts of lewd conduct on a child. (§ 288, subd. (a).) Also, defendant was convicted of a single count of failing to register as a sex offender. (Pen. Code, § 290, subd. (g)(2).) Finally, the jury found defendant had previously been convicted of a violation of section 288, subdivision (a), a serious and violent felony, within the meaning of sections 667, subdivision (a), 667.61, subdivisions (a) and (d)(1), and 667.71, subdivision (c)(4).
On appeal, defendant and the Attorney General raise various contentions. In the published portion of the opinion, we address: the sufficiency of the evidence defendant failed to register as a previously convicted sex offender; the effect of convictions on 10 counts for both the greater and included offense of violations of section 288, subdivisions (b)(1) and (a) respectively; and the contention of the Attorney General that the trial court should have imposed indeterminate terms as to all of the section 288, subdivision (b)(1) child molestation…