In re H.T. CA3

BACKGROUND

On November 26, 2019, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a report of sexual abuse of a child spoke with a social worker who indicated the 11- year-old victim, H.T.’s sister, was pregnant with H.T.’s child. The victim was 10 years old at the time of conception. The victim told deputies that H.T., who was 17 years old at the time, would wait until their parents were out of the house and he would hold her down and force her to have vaginal intercourse with him against her will. This occurred at least seven times. H.T. acknowledged having intercourse with the victim five to 10 times over the course of seven months. He claimed the intercourse was consensual. However, he also acknowledged knowing it was wrong. On June 10, 2021, the Sacramento County District Attorney filed an amended juvenile wardship petition charging H.T. with one count of lewd and lascivious act on a child under 14 (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a); count one), one count of lewd and lascivious act on a child under 14 by force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (b)(1); count two), and seven counts of rape by means of force,…