People v. Sulit CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant was a high school mathematics teacher. The victim was one of his

students, whom he taught for three years. He was accused of committing several

sexual acts with the victim in 2009 and 2010, when she was 17 years old. Defendant

allowed the victim to orally copulate him on three different occasions, and he also sent

her sexually explicit photos and videos. Defendant was charged in a felony complaint

with three counts of oral copulation of a person under age 18 (Pen. Code, § 288a,

subd. (b)(1)), and one count of sending harmful matter to a minor (Pen. Code, § 288.2,

subd. (a)).

Defendant initially pleaded not guilty, but later withdrew that plea. Pursuant to a

plea bargain, defendant agreed to plead no contest to one count of oral copulation of a

minor, and the remaining counts would be dismissed. Defendant would be granted

probation, and serve a maximum of one year in jail as a condition of probation. The plea

agreement form included an advisement that lifetime registration as a sex offender could

be one of the consequences of the plea, as well as an advisement of immigration

consequences of the plea. The court accepted…