People v. Gonzalez CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

In February 2018, the Contra Costa County District Attorney filed an information charging Gonzalez with 47 counts of felony child abuse with respect to his three nieces, Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2, and Jane Doe 3. Counts 1 through 27 involved Jane Doe 1 and alleged that, between January 9, 2002, and January 8, 2012, Gonzalez committed nine counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child—oral copulation (Pen. Code,1 §§ 269, subd. (a)(4), 287 [or former 288a], (c)(2), (c)(3), (d), counts 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 21); three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child—sexual penetration (§§ 269, subd. (a)(5), 289, subd. (a), counts 2, 13, and 22); two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child—rape (§§ 261, subds. (a)(2), (a)(6), 269, subd. (a)(1), counts 3 and 23); and 13 counts of forcible lewd act upon a child (§ 288, subd. (b)(1), counts 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 24–27). Counts 28 through 34 involved Jane Doe 2 and alleged that, between March 21, 2004, and March 20, 2016, Gonzalez committed one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child—oral copulation (§§ 269, subd. (a)(4), 287 [or former 288a], (c)(2), (c)(3), (d), count 31); five counts of…