Contreras

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The Madera County District Attorney filed an information charging Contreras with rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2); count 1) and forcible oral copulation (§ 288a, subd. (c)(2)(A); count 2). A jury found him not guilty as charged in count one, but guilty of the lesser included offense of misdemeanor battery. The jury also acquitted Contreras on count 2. On March 22, 2019, the trial court sentenced Contreras to three years’ probation with one day in local custody, with credit for one day served. The trial court also ordered him to register as a sex offender.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

I. The offense

On October 11, 2014, J., a woman, went to a wedding and drank alcohol. After the wedding, she asked her best friend, Kacie, to pick her up and go to a bar. Kacie

2. instead invited J. to Kacie’s friend Brittany’s house in the Madera Ranchos. 2 J. accepted the invitation and Kacie picked her up. Brittany lived with Contreras, her fiancé. When J. and Kacie arrived, they began taking shots of liquor with Brittany and Contreras. Contreras, Brittany, and Kacie had about four or five shots and J. had about two. About 30 to 45 minutes later, J. went to the bathroom and vomited,…