Golden
People v. Golden
Opinion
lead Opinion
THE COURT **
*907 Defendant Jerome Clifford Golden, a sexually violent predator (SVP) committed to Coalinga State Hospital (CSH), 1 was charged with possession of child pornography by a registered sex offender ( Pen. Code, 2 § 311.11, subd. (b) ). The information further alleged he had been convicted of committing a lewd or lascivious act upon a child under 14 years of age, a qualifying "strike" offense (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)), in 1992 and 1995. The jury found defendant guilty as charged. In a bifurcated proceeding, the trial court found true the prior convictions. 3 Thereafter, defendant was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
On appeal, defendant contends a suppression motion and a Romero 4 motion *492 should have been granted. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment. *908 DISCUSSION
I. Defendant's suppression motion was correctly denied.
a. Background .
On March 21, 2012, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Denise Martin, a CSH psychiatric technician, entered the dormitory inhabited by, inter alios, Ronald Rudd, an SVP. 5 On Rudd's television, Martin saw footage of "an adult male with an erect penis" and a boy "maybe 10 or 11" years…