People v. Ronquillo CA3

BACKGROUND

Over the course of approximately three years, and while the victim—A.R.—was between ages 13 to 16, defendant engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse that included “ ‘grinding’ ” his genitals against A.R. while holding him, oral copulation, and sodomy. Based on this course of conduct, defendant was charged with one count of committing a lewd act on a child under 14 years old (§ 288, subd. (a)), one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, including at least three acts of substantial sexual conduct (§ 288.5, subd. (a)), one count of oral copulation of a child under 14 years old and more than 10 years younger than defendant (§ 287, subd. (c)(1)), and one count of sodomy of a child under 14 years old and more than 10 years younger than defendant (§ 286, subd. (c)(1)). In 2021, defendant pleaded no contest to one count of continuous sexual abuse and the trial court dismissed the remaining counts with a Harvey3 waiver. At sentencing, the trial court ordered a section 288.1 forensic psychologist report due to the sexual nature of defendant’s crimes. The report concluded defendant was a low risk to reoffend. Defendant argued that this conclusion was good cause to grant…