P. v. Deville CA2/1

California Court of Appeal·Decided May 16, 2013·No. B238053·Unpublished

Opinion

Filed 5/16/13 P. v. Deville CA2/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B238053

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA050416) v.

PATRICK DEVILLE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Bernie C. LaForteza. Affirmed in part and reversed in part; sentence vacated and remanded with directions. Edward H. Schulman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Herbert S. Tetef, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

__________________________________ Patrick Deville appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of forcible rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, oral copulation of a minor, administering a controlled substance to a minor and administering a controlled substance. The trial court sentenced Deville to 85 years to life in prison. Deville contends (1) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his 1979 conviction for assault with intent to commit rape, (2) the prosecutor committed misconduct by improperly commenting on Deville’s decision not to testify, (3) and the conviction for administering a controlled substance must be dismissed because it is a lesser included offense of administering a controlled substance to a minor. We reject the first two contentions, and agree with Deville on the third, as does the Attorney General. Accordingly, we reverse his conviction for administering a controlled substance (count 6). Deville also contends the trial court made errors in sentencing him. We agree and vacate his sentence and remand the matter for a new sentencing hearing. BACKGROUND On September 15, 2010, 16-year-old Haley G., a foster child, walked out of a therapy session at a social services agency because she became angry when the therapist and her foster mother confronted her about her marijuana use. She walked to a nearby park. Haley saw Deville sitting on the grass near a field where kids were playing football. Deville waved at Haley, motioning for her to join him. Wanting someone to talk to about her problems, Haley sat next to Deville. It was about 6:00 p.m. Haley talked to Deville for a couple of hours. She told him about why she had run away from her therapy session. She complained about living in a foster home. She told Deville she was 16 years old. Deville responded, “‘Tell people you’re nineteen for my benefit.’” Deville was 50 years old when he met Haley. He told her he was homeless. Deville gave Haley alcohol and she drank it. She started to feel “buzzed.” Deville told Haley he “wanted to slam.” She understood this to mean he planned to “stick a needle in [his] arm and inject drugs.” Haley walked over to the bathroom with Deville

2 and waited outside for him. He was in there for about an hour. Haley stayed because she felt she “had nowhere else to go.” After Deville exited the bathroom, he asked Haley if she wanted “to slam speed.” Haley said yes. They walked behind a building in the park. Deville tied a “bungee” around Haley’s arm and stuck a needle in her arm, injecting her with methamphetamine. The drugs made Haley feel “[l]ike everything was far away” and she was “not in touch with reality.” Deville whispered in Haley’s ear, indicating that he wanted to engage in oral sex with her. Haley “freaked out” and wondered why “an old man” would say something like that to a 16-year-old. She told him no. Deville then “unzipped his pants, pulled out his penis and grabbed [her] by [her] hair and forced [her] head down to his penis.” Deville rubbed his penis on Haley’s face. Haley resisted and said no. When Deville stopped, Haley moved away and lay in the grass. She was sad and scared and could not believe what was happening. She started crying. Deville went to Haley, pulled her pants down to her ankles, and licked her vagina. Then he grabbed her by her legs and dragged her from the grass to a dirt area which was not visible from the street. Haley struggled against Deville and told him no. She was still crying. Deville put his penis in Haley’s vagina. When Deville finished, he pulled up his pants and told Haley to do the same. Haley lay in the grass and cried. She was too scared to leave because Deville told her he would come after her. When Deville fell asleep in the grass, Haley left. She walked to a nearby house, but no one responded when she rang the doorbell. It was about 1:30 a.m. She started to walk home. A car pulled over and the driver took Haley home. The following morning, Haley told her foster sister and a social worker that she had been raped. The social worker took her to the hospital for an examination. A sheriff’s deputy interviewed Haley at her foster home at about 6:00 p.m. on September 16, 2010. Thereafter, the deputy went to the park and detained Deville. Haley was brought to the park and she identified Deville as the man who had committed the crimes charged in this case.

3 At trial, the prosecution presented DNA evidence indicating Deville’s sperm was found inside Haley’s vagina. The prosecution also presented documentary evidence of Deville’s 1979 conviction of assault with intent to commit rape. Deville did not testify or present evidence in his defense. The jury found Deville guilty of forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. (a)(2); count 1),1 administering a controlled substance to a minor (Health & Saf. Code, § 11353; count 2),2 unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor (§ 261.5, subd. (c); count 4), oral copulation of a minor (§ 288a, subd. (b)(1); count 5), and administering a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11379, subd. (a); count 6).3 Deville waived his right to jury trial on the prior conviction allegations set forth in the amended information. The court found true Deville had sustained three prior convictions of serious or violent felonies (assault with intent to commit rape, burglary and attempted burglary) within the meaning of the prior serious felony enhancement and the “Three Strikes” law. (§§ 667, subd. (a)(1), (b)-(i) & 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d).) The court also found true Deville had sustained a conviction for a sex offense (assault with intent to commit rape) within the meaning of section 667.6, subdivision (a). The court further found true Deville had served three prior prison terms within the meaning of

1 Statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 The parties agree that, in administering a controlled substance to Haley, Deville violated Health and Safety Code section 11380, not section 11353, and the abstract of judgment should be corrected accordingly. In citing Health and Safety Code section 11055, subdivision (d), section 11380 is the provision which makes it illegal to administer methamphetamine to a minor. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11055, subd. (d)(2) [“Methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers”].) Section 11353 makes it illegal to administer to a minor the controlled substances listed in Health and Safety Code section 11055, subdivision (b), which does not include methamphetamine.

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