People v. Bruns CA5

Facts Appellant’s Relationship with Amber S. On February 13, 2010,2 when Amber S. was 14 years old, she encountered appellant, a family friend who she had not seen for several years, at Whiskey Flats Days, a festival in Kernville.3 After they talked, “just kind of catching up,” appellant kissed Amber, and within approximately one month, the two began a sexual relationship. They would get together three or four times per week, typically at Amber’s home—a three- bedroom mobile home where she lived with her mother, stepfather and stepgrandfather— when her mother and stepfather were not home, or at the “school farm,” and “just

All statutory references are to the Penal Code. All references to dates of events are to dates in 2010. Except as otherwise indicated, our summary of the facts of the instant offenses is taken from Amber’s trial testimony.

2 hangout [sic] or watch TV or … have sex.” They would have sex “several times” per week, typically in Amber’s bedroom when her mother and stepfather were not home, or at appellant’s mother’s “old house.” At some point the frequency of their contacts “kind of stopped and then it picked back up again.” The sexual…