People v. Severt CA1/1

Filed 8/16/16 P. v. Severt CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A143499

v. RAYMOND SEVERT, (Marin County Super. Ct. No. 183894A) Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Raymond Severt appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of five counts of criminal conduct occurring in 2013 based on sexually explicit text messages he sent to a 13-year old girl and his subsequent 45-mile drive to meet her. Defendant raises a single issue on appeal—an evidentiary ruling that would have allowed evidence of online communications he had in 1997 with another minor and her mother (pretending to be a minor) to rebut expert testimony he wanted to present in defense of the 2013 charges. Defendant claims…