People v. Angellano CA2/8

FACTS

Substantial evidence at trial (see, e.g., People v. Kraft (2000) 23 Cal.4th 978, 1053-1054), established that Angellano had a non-intercourse sexual relationship with Jane Doe between June and December 2006, while she was a 17-year old high school student and he was her coach on the school’s dance team. After she graduated from college in 2011, Doe reported Angellano to police. In 2012, the People filed an information charging Angellano with five counts of oral copulation of a person under 18 years of age (counts 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6), and five counts of sexual penetration by foreign object of a person under 18 years of age (counts 3, 7, 8, 9 & 10). The charges were tried to a jury in September 2012. The prosecution presented substantial evidence supporting the jury’s verdicts noted above through the testimony of Jane Doe. Further, the prosecution called Nicole C., who testified that Angellano had a sexual relationship with her, including intercourse, during 2001, while she was a 17-year- old member of the school dance team and he a team instructor. Angellano testified in his own defense. He admitted he had an “inappropriate” sexual relationship with Nicole C., when she was a…