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I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant Rodney James Williams violated Penal Code section 288, subdivision

(a),1 by committing lewd and lascivious acts against two children he babysat: six-year-

old Jane Doe 1 and five-year-old Jane Doe 2. Subsequently, he babysat Jane Doe 1, Jane

Doe 2, and a third child, 10-year-old Jane Doe 3. When the children were in the living

room, he played a pornographic movie on the television while Jane Doe 2 danced partly

naked. Jane Doe 3 put a pillow in front of her face because she did not want to watch.

Defendant pulled the pillow away from her. Shortly afterward, Jane Doe 1‟s mother

pulled into the driveway. Defendant stopped the videotape and told the children not to

say anything.

In addition to being convicted of violating section 288, subdivision (a) against

Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 and of exhibiting harmful matter to minors with the intent to

seduce (§ 288.2, subd. (a)), he was convicted of attempted lewd and lascivious conduct

against Jane Doe 3. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 15 years to life plus a

consecutive five-year determinate term.

Defendant does not challenge his convictions for the crimes he committed against

Jane…