People v. Yamamoto CA3

BACKGROUND

On January 14, 2013, defendant, a high school teacher, was charged with numerous counts of sexual abuse of two minors and other crimes. Defendant’s victims were both students at the school where defendant was teaching when the crimes were committed. The People charged defendant with two counts of oral copulation of a person under 18 years of age (counts one and two), two counts of attempted unlawful intercourse with a minor more than three years younger than defendant (counts three and four), two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object of a person under the age of 18 (counts five and six), four counts of child molesting—two victims (counts seven through nine and sixteen), two counts of communication with a minor with intent to commit an unlawful offense—two victims (counts ten and fifteen), meeting with a minor for the purpose of engaging in certain lewd and lascivious behavior and going to the arranged meeting place (count eleven), dissuading a witness from reporting a crime (count twelve), attempting to dissuade a witness from giving testimony in a legal inquiry (count thirteen), conspiracy to obstruct justice (count fourteen), and violation of a restraining…