People v. Cereda CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Information On February 13, 2020, the Napa County District Attorney filed the operative information in this case, charging Cereda with 50 felony counts of child sexual abuse. Counts one through forty-eight involved offenses against his stepdaughter, Jane Doe One, and were split into timeframes corresponding to Jane Doe One’s grade in school. Thus, the information alleged that between August 16, 2017 and August 14, 2018 (6th grade) Cereda committed two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14—rape (Pen. Code,1 §§ 261, subd. (a)(2) & (6), 269, subd. (a)(1), counts one and three); four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14—oral copulation (§§ 269, subd. (a)(4), 287, subds. (c)(2)-(3) & (d), counts five, seven, nine, and eleven); and two counts of forcible lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 (§ 288, subd. (b)(1), counts thirteen and fourteen). The information further alleged that between August 15, 2018 and August 13, 2019 (7th grade) Cereda committed two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14—rape (§§ 261, subd. (a)(2) & (6), 269, subd. (a)(1), counts fifteen and seventeen); four counts of aggravated…