People v. Vega CA4/3

FACTS

Appellate counsel has provided a fine description of the facts of the case. We can find no errors or omissions in that description, so, rather than try to improve upon it, we reproduce it here: “Prosecution Evidence “Appellant fathered three children with Lucia C. (“Lucia”), two daughters named N. and Samantha, and a son named Juan. At the time of trial in 2014, N. was

2 eight years old. In 2012, appellant, Lucia and their three children were all living together in one bedroom of a shared two bedroom apartment in Santa Ana. “Lucia testified that on the evening of April 20, 2012, appellant asked her to go buy something at a store, which she did. When Lucia returned from the store, she entered their bedroom and saw appellant standing near the closet next to N., whose pants were down and who was pulling up her underwear. Lucia, who had never before suspected any sexual abuse of her children, immediately asked appellant what was going on, and appellant said nothing had happened. Lucia then pulled N. aside and asked her what had happened. N. appeared scared and was initially reluctant to say anything, but eventually said that appellant had done something to her that was of a…