People v. Perez-Mora CA4/3

FACTS

I. General Background

B.R. and her younger sister A.R. were related to Perez-Mora by marriage. The girls had one older brother, G.R., and two younger brothers. B.R., A.R., and their older brother went to elementary school near Perez-Mora’s home. The children were often at his house and sometimes spent the night there. In 2013, the children’s mother separated from their father and she took them to a shelter because they had no place else to live. When they left the shelter, they moved into the Perez-Mora family home and stayed there for a few months.

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated.

II. Perez-Mora Sexually Abuses B.R.

Perez-Mora sexually abused B.R. from the time she was six years old until she was 15. The first incident occurred when B.R. was alone with him in his bedroom. Perez-Mora played a pornographic movie. B.R. fell asleep. When she woke up, Perez- Mora was standing next to the bed and masturbating. He forced her hand onto his penis but let go of it when she would not do what he wanted. During this incident, he groped her breasts and her vaginal area over her clothes. When she was seven or eight years old,…