People v. Ramos CA4/1

I.

BACKGROUND

A. Charges The People charged Ramos with 29 crimes against three minors during the period from 2002 through 2018: • five counts of aggravated sexual assault by forcible sodomy of a child under the age of 14 years (victim: Jane Doe 1); • one count of aggravated sexual assault by forcible rape of a child under the age of 14 years (victim: Jane Doe 1); • 11 counts of forcible lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14 years (victims: Jane Doe 1 on 6 counts & Jane Doe 3 on 5 counts); • four counts of rape of a child 14 years of age or older (victim: Jane Doe 1); • two counts of forcible rape (victim: Jane Doe 1); • one count of false imprisonment by menace, fraud, violence, or deceit (victim: Jane Doe 3); • three counts of oral copulation of a child 10 years of age or younger (victim: Jane Doe 3); and • two counts of nonforcible lewd or lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 years (victim: Jane Doe 2). The People alleged Ramos qualified for sentencing under the One Strike law because he had committed sex crimes against more than one victim. (Pen. Code, § 667.61, subd. (e)(4); subsequent undesignated section references are to this code.) B. …