People v. Reconco CA1/4

Background Defendant was charged by information with oral copulation/sexual penetration against Doe 1, a minor age 10 or younger (count 1; Pen. Code,1 § 288.7, subd. (b)); continuous sexual abuse of Doe 1 (count 2; Pen. Code, § 288.5, subd. (a)); continuous sexual abuse of Doe 2 (count 3; Pen. Code, § 288.5, subd. (a)); and lewd and lascivious act on Doe 2, a minor 14 years of age (count 4; Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (c)(1)). The information also alleged, among other things, as to counts two and three that defendant is subject to an indeterminate sentence of 25 years to life under the one-strike law (§ 667.61, subds. (a), (b), (c), (e)(4), and (j)(2)) and fully consecutive sentencing under section 667.6, subdivision (d). The jury found defendant guilty on the above charges and the court sentenced defendant to a total term of 65 years to life.2 At trial, evidence was presented that defendant lived with his wife and their children. Doe 1, who was 14 years old at the time of trial, was defendant’s child from a prior relationship. Doe 2, who was 15 years old at the time of trial, was the wife’s child from a prior relationship. The third victim alleged in the complaint, who was 19 years…