People v. Hernandez CA1/2

BACKGROUND

Defendant does not contend that any of his convictions lacks the support of substantial evidence. The briefs filed by the parties establish their complete familiarity with the lengthy trial record. The parties’ briefs further demonstrate that there is no genuine dispute regarding the nature of the evidence considered by the jury. Thus, it is unnecessary to recount that record beyond noting that the evidence fully justified the jury in concluding that, over a period of four years, defendant continually abused the first victim (Jane Doe I), commencing when she was barely four years of age. The evidence further proved that thereafter defendant molested a second victim for a far briefer period.

NO ERROR IN THE DENIAL OF THE SUPPRESSION MOTION

Prior to trial defendant moved to exclude evidence of custodial statements he made to Contra Costa Sheriff’s Detective Shabazz during the course of four interviews. The motion—actually three motions heard together—was the subject of an evidentiary hearing, at the end of which the trial court declined to order suppression. The motions were made on a number of grounds, only one of which is renewed here—that his statements should be…