Lopez

Filed 2/15/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE, B309605

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. KA120941) v.

JAIME RODOLFO LOPEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Victor D. Martinez, Judge. Affirmed as modified; remanded with directions. Mark Alan Hart, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Michael Katz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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In August 2019, defendant and appellant Jaime Rodolfo Lopez was charged with seven felonies, including three counts of forcible rape against Amalia C. (the mother of his two minor children). The case proceeded to trial in September 2020 during the global COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, the Los Angeles Superior Courts were operating under the safety protocols set forth in General Order No. 021 (eff. Sept. 10,…