People v. Goursau CA1/4

Filed 12/30/14 P. v. Goursau CA1/4

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A136664

v. LOUIE DAVID GOURSAU, (Solano County Super. Ct. No. VCR207781) Defendant and Appellant.

A jury convicted defendant Louie David Goursau of 40 counts of child molestation against two girls under the age of 14 and the trial court sentenced him to 97- years-to-life in state prison. He appeals claiming the denial of his motion for a continuance to secure additional witnesses, together with evidentiary and instructional errors require reversal of his conviction. We affirm.

I. EVIDENCE AT TRIAL

A. The Prosecution’s Case 1. T.K. T.K. was 16 years old at the time of trial. She grew up in Vallejo and lived in a…