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P. v. Han CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
Yegan, J.
Facts Appellant married Connie Han in the 1980s. At the time, Connie had a five- year old daughter, Sarah J., from a previous marriage. Sarah testified that appellant molested her on numerous occasions, beginning when she was five years old and ending when she was 12. Appellant would instruct Sarah to take off her clothes and then rub or
1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated. 1 "flick" his penis along her vagina. On some occasions, Sarah would go to sleep in her bed, wearing her pajamas and wake up in appellant's bed, naked. The molestations happened while Connie was out of the house, working at her job as a nurse. On August 1, 1995, appellant placed his penis inside Sarah's vagina. She screamed in pain and appellant stopped. Sarah remembered the date because it was the day she got braces on her teeth. That same day, Sarah disclosed the abuse to a friend, Roxana. Roxana's mother told Connie, who confronted appellant. Appellant left the family house, but returned about one week later. Although they continued to live in the same house, appellant stopped molesting Sarah. Sarah eventually left home for college and later moved to New…