People v. Long CA4/1

CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal
DecidedJune 30, 2015
DocketD066968
StatusUnpublished

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Filed 6/30/15 P. v. Long CA4/1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D066968

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. RIF1208859)

CHARLES RUSSELL LONG,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Riverside County, Thomas

Kelly, Judge. Reversed in part and affirmed in part with directions.

Jennifer Peabody, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General,

Charles C. Ragland and Alana C. Butler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and

Respondent. INTRODUCTION

A jury found Charles Russell Long guilty of committing a forcible lewd act on a

minor (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (b)(1); count 1),1 attempting a lewd act on a minor

(§§ 288, subd. (a), 664; count 2), showing harmful material to a minor (§ 288.2, subd. (a);

counts 3 & 4), contacting a minor with the intent to commit a lewd act (§ 288.3, subd. (a);

counts 5 & 6), possessing child pornography (§ 311.11, subd. (a); counts 7-9), and

distributing child pornography (§ 311.1, subd. (a); counts 10 & 11). Long pled guilty to

possession of methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a); count 12). The

court sentenced Long to an aggregate term of 20 years, which included the upper term of

four years for count 2 as the principal count, and a consecutive upper term of 10 years for

count 1 (§ 667.6, subd. (c)).

On appeal, Long contends: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his

conviction for committing a forcible lewd act on a minor (count 1); (2) he was wrongly

convicted of multiple counts of possession of pornographic images under section 311.11

because they were found in one location even though they were contained on multiple

electronic devices; (3) he was denied his constitutional right to self-representation at the

sentencing hearing; (4) the court erred in imposing a full consecutive upper term sentence

for count 1 without stating reasons for the full consecutive term under section 667.6

separately from those reasons articulated for the upper term; and (5) clerical errors in the

abstract of judgment should be corrected. The People concede the second and fifth

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 contentions. Accordingly, we reverse the convictions for counts 8 and 9 and direct the

trial court to amend the abstract of judgment to correct clerical errors. We affirm the

judgment in all other respects.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A

When Long moved into a recreational vehicle (RV) park at the end of September

2012 he chose a spot across the street from the pools and adjacent to the public restroom.

He said it was a perfect spot because it had everything he needed. Long almost

immediately befriended nine-year-old, Jane Doe,2 who lived with her family in a RV

about 40 feet away from Long's RV, on the other side of the public restroom. Long

bought Jane candy, a diary, and a makeup kit. He also gave her an iPod to use. Jane's

parents made her return the iPod, but Long gave it back to her. Her parents became

concerned and instructed Jane not to go into Long's trailer.

Long took Jane to the store to buy candy and to the community pool to swim.

Long filmed Jane with an underwater camera while she was swimming. He would place

the camera underneath her or throw it under her so she would land on it. It took pictures

of her crotch area.

The first day at the pool, Jane became uncomfortable because Long got too close

to her. When she scooted back, he moved forward. On another occasion in the pool,

2 The minor's name was redacted in the record and replaced with "Jane Doe" to protect her identity. Therefore we refer to the minor as Jane. 3 Long tried to jump on Jane and grab her with his arms, but she was able to swim away

and get out to go to another pool. He followed her to the other pool and stared at her.

Long showed Jane pictures of a naked nine-year-old girl who he said was his

daughter. He also said his daughter was his girlfriend. When Long gave Jane the iPod,

he showed her a picture of his penis and suggested she take a picture of her crotch area.

He also showed her a video of an adult man having sex with a six-year-old girl.

Several times Long asked Jane to touch him or to have sex with him. Twice while

she was showering in the community bathroom adjacent to his RV, he called her name

and said, "Do you want to have it with me?" Once, Long followed Jane as she walked to

the park and asked if he could videotape them "doing it" and asked if she wanted to have

sex with him. Another time, as they walked to the store in the RV park, Long told her

she could have anything she wanted if she would have sex with him. When she said

"no," he bought her candy anyway. When they were outside the store, however, Long

asked, "Do you want to touch my dick?" Jane said "no" and ran to the park.

One day, Long met Jane as she exited the community bathroom and asked her if

she wanted some money. When she said yes, he placed the money in his waistband near

his belt buckle. He told her he wanted her to take the money. In her initial interview

with a social worker, Jane stated Long grabbed her hand and pushed it into his pants

before she ran away. Jane also told her parents Long grabbed her hand and put it down

his pants. In a second interview with the social worker, Jane did not state Long grabbed

her arm, but she did not say he did not do so either. When asked what he said, she

reported he said he wanted to push her hand down there. At trial, Jane said she could not

4 remember whether or not he touched her. On cross-examination, she said he did not grab

her hand, but she was afraid he would do so. Jane also testified this was a disturbing

incident, which she tried to forget.

B

After the event with the money, Jane gave her parents a letter describing what

Long had been doing. She also talked with her parents about what happened. Jane's

father immediately went to the RV park's office to call the police. The following day,

Jane was interviewed by a social worker while a detective was in the next room watching

the interview.

Long approached Jane's father in a nervous and agitated state, which caused the

father to fear for his safety. Long asked if the family complained about him and also

asked if Jane had been looking up inappropriate things on the Internet. Long asked the

father if they could come to some sort of arrangement, but did not explain what he meant.

Long appeared erratic and fidgety.

When a detective went to Long's trailer, he noticed a laptop computer on the

countertop with a screensaver consisting entirely of child pornography. In an interview,

Long stated he downloaded child pornography and looks at both child and adult

pornography. He said he likes children dressed in bathing suits. Long also stated, "I like

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