Noriega

Filed 6/17/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, E059713

v. (Super.Ct.No. RIF1105882)

ARTURO MENDEZ NORIEGA, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Jerry E. Johnson, Judge.

(Retired judge of the Los Angles Super. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art.

VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed.

Edward J. Haggerty, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant

and Appellant.

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of parts B, D, E, F and G.

1 Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General,

Kristine Gutierrez and Joy Utomi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and

Respondent.

Defendant and appellant Arturo Mendez Noriega raped and sodomized his

girlfriend’s stepdaughter, Jane Doe, from 2003 until 2010. Defendant was convicted of

nine counts of…