People v. Adkisson CA6

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Charges In April 2022, the Santa Clara County District Attorney filed a second amended information charging Adkisson with two counts of lewd or lascivious acts committed against Jane Doe, a child under 14 years of age, by force, violence, duress, menace, and fear (§ 288, subd. (b)(1); counts 1-2). B. Evidence Presented at Trial 1. Prosecution Evidence a. Lay Witnesses Jane Doe was born in June 2004 to H.C., her mother, and A.L., her father.2 After H.C. and A.L. split up, Jane Doe lived with H.C. and Jane Doe’s younger brother, John Doe, and her maternal grandmother. H.C. met and began dating Adkisson around 2010. Adkisson moved in with H.C. and her family in or around April 2010, when Jane Doe was about six years old. H.C. testified that Adkisson physically abused her over the course of their relationship. Both John Doe and Jane Doe testified that, at first, Adkisson was “all right” or “very nice.” However, Adkisson later began physically abusing Jane Doe and John Doe. Jane Doe stated that Adkisson regularly physically abused her and John Doe by slapping, punching, or choking them, or pushing them into a wall. John Doe told H.C. that Adkisson…