Yovanov

Introduction

The evidence in this case showed Robert Milen Yovanov sexually molested his girlfriend’s twin daughters, Kristy and Kathy H., at various times throughout their childhood. The first rash of molestations occurred in 1986, when the girls were 11 years old. Yovanov was sent to prison for his conduct, but he was paroled in May 1988 and thereafter resumed molesting Kristy. In 1989, Yovanov was arrested for violating parole and sent back to prison for eight months. Upon release, he again molested the twins, primarily victimizing Kathy.

The twins reported Yovanov to the police in 1994, and less than one year later he was charged with thirty-six counts of committing a lewd act on a child. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).) The charges were based on his molesting Kristy from the time he was initially released from prison until the time he was arrested on the parole violation. The jury convicted on all counts, and Yovanov was sentenced to 78 years in prison.

On appeal, Yovanov contends (1) the prosecution was time-barred, (2) the court erroneously allowed evidence of Yovanov’s uncharged sexual misconduct, (3) the court failed to give a timely limiting instruction on the…