Chenault

Filed 7/11/14 Certified for publication 7/21/14 (order attached)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D064276

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCE323881)

DARRELL L. CHENAULT,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Allan J.

Preckel, Judge. Affirmed.

Siri Shetty, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, A. Natasha Cortina and Ronald A.

Jakob, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Darrell L. Chenault appeals a judgment following his jury convictions on

counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 years of age (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a))1 and

two counts of forcible lewd acts on a child under 14 years of age (§ 288, subd. (b)). On

appeal, he contends: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by allowing a support dog2 to

be present during the testimony of two child…