Huynh
People v. Huynh
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
Julie N. was born late September 1993. On May 26, 2009, Sergeant Michael Parsons went to Julie’s high school because she had written an essay explaining a family member had sexually assaulted her. Parsons took Julie, who was 15 years old and in the 10th grade, to Child Abuse Services Team (CAST) a couple weeks later to be interviewed. Julie stated she was at her grandmother’s house in a locked bedroom when Huynh led her to the bed, pushed her down, laid on top of her, held her down, and kissed her on the lips. Huynh rubbed his non-exposed penis on her making thrusting motions and rhythmic sounds. She told him to stop but he refused. She told him that he was hurting her, and Huynh said she was lying. He tried to put his tongue in her mouth. When she resisted, he got up and unlocked the door, and she left the room. Julie said she was in sixth or seventh grade, which would have made her 11 or 12 years old, when this happened.
A July 2012, felony complaint charged Huynh with committing a forcible lewd act on a child under 14 years old (§ 288, subd. (b)(1)), between January 1, 2002, and
2 December 31, 2005, and alleged he committed the offense against more than one victim (§…