In re Thompkins CA1/2

BACKGROUND

The General Setting In 2013, while he was in prison, Petitioner Raymond Thompkins (Thompkins or petitioner), met B.T., and they married soon thereafter. B.T. had a daughter (mother) who had five children, three of whom would become involved in the charges here: sisters A.G., T.C., and J.G. In February or March of 2015, mother asked B.T. to temporarily take custody of her five children while she searched for housing, and for a short while the three sisters, another sister, and their brother lived with B.T. and Thompkins— until April 18. On April 18, Tara Gulley and her husband were approaching their truck after a walk on the Vallejo waterfront when she noticed Thompkins sitting in a nearby car with his head laid back, his eyes closed, and a three- to four-year-old girl, later identified as J.G., sitting on his lap. Thompkins was

2 “panting,” “had sweat on him,” and an expression of “pleasure” on his face; “it just didn’t look right.” Gulley moved her truck to block Thompkins’s car from leaving, and then walked up to the car and saw that the little girl was holding Thompkins’s penis and moving her hand up and down. Gulley dialed 911, described what she had seen, and…