Saavedra

INTRODUCTION

Salvador Saavedra (defendant) stands convicted, following a jury trial, of committing forcible lewd acts on a child under age 14 ( Pen. Code, 1 § 288, subd. (b)(1); counts 1 & 2), sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (a); count 3), oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (b); counts 4 & 11), forcible sodomy (§ 286, subd. (c)(2); count 5), forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2); count 6), aggravated sexual assault of a child (sodomy; § 269, subd. (a)(3); counts 7-9), and forcible oral copulation of a child under age 14 (§ 288a, subd. (c)(2)(B); count 10). As to counts 1, 5, 6, *547 and 10, the jury found true a multiple victim allegation. (§ 667.61, subds. (a), (e)(4).) As to count 2, the jury found defendant personally used a firearm in commission of the offense. (§ 12022.53, subd. (b).) Defendant was sentenced to a total term of 18 years plus 180 years to life in prison, and ordered to pay various fees, fines, and assessments. *608 On appeal, defendant contends: (1) The evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions on counts 1 and 11; (2) Trial counsel was…