Anderson
People v. Anderson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Klein, J.
*856 Opinion
William French Anderson appeals the judgment entered following his conviction by jury of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 years (continuous sexual abuse) and three counts of lewd act with a child under the age of 14 years (lewd act). (Pen. Code, §§ 288.5, 288, subd. (a).) 1 We reject Anderson’s claims of error and affirm the judgment.
SUMMARY
Viewed in accordance with the usual standard on appeal (People v. Gonzales and Soliz (2011) 52 Cal.4th 254, 294 [ 128 Cal.Rptr.3d 417 , 256 P.3d 543 ]), the evidence demonstrated that Anderson, a medical doctor and the founder and director of a genetic research laboratory, sexually molested the daughter of an employee of the laboratory from the time the child was in the fourth or fifth grade until the ninth grade. Anderson coached the victim in competitive karate; she won national karate competitions when she was in the fourth and fifth grades in 1997 and 1998. He also assisted her academically. However, they frequently were alone together and he regularly committed lewd acts upon her. The victim’s testimony was generic in that she testified generally about a continuing course of misconduct. E-mails…