People v. Carter CA2/5

FACTS

Prosecution

Jasmine, the victim, testified that in December of 2018, when she was 15 years old, she had a sexual relationship with Carter.2 She met him in 2018 through her mother, Carol Castillo, with whom Carter also had a sexual relationship. On New Year’s Eve of 2018, Carter picked Jasmine up from her house and took her to a hotel. Jasmine told her mother that she was going to a friend’s house. Carter kissed Jasmine on the mouth and she kissed him back. Jasmine set up her cell phone to record and then took a video of herself orally copulating Carter. Afterwards Jasmine and Carter showered together and had sexual intercourse. Carter slapped Jasmine twice that night while they were sitting in bed, which scared her. He took her home the next morning. Jasmine’s older sister, Alyssa, testified that she first saw Carter in 2013, when she was about 16 years old. Several times when she was walking home from school Carter “cat-called” at her and gestured to her to come to him. It made Alyssa feel like she needed to walk faster and get home. In 2016, after Alyssa had left for college, she returned home to her mother’s house to find Carter and Castillo watching television. Alyssa…