Flores

Filed 7/29/16; pub. order 8/23/16 (see end of opn.)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D069899

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. FVI1403349)

ERIK AUSTIN FLORES et al.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Debra

Harris, Judge. Affirmed as modified.

Athena Shudde, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant Erik Austin Flores.

Gregory L. Cannon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant Mariah Rita Sugg.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney

General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson, Lynne G.

McGinnis and Jennifer B. Truong, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and

Respondent. Defendant Erik Flores is the father of three young children (John Doe 1, John Doe

2, and Jane Doe) who were the victims of the charged offenses. The information alleged

that, between April 1, 2011, and June 5, 2014, Flores committed torture (Pen. Code,

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