People v. Saavedra

234 Cal. Rptr. 3d 544, 24 Cal. App. 5th 605
California Court of Appeal, 5th District·Decided June 15, 2018·No. F073923·Published·Cited by 13 cases

Opinion

DETJEN, J.

INTRODUCTION

Salvador Saavedra (defendant) stands convicted, following a jury trial, of committing forcible lewd acts on a child under age 14 ( Pen. Code, 1 § 288, subd. (b)(1); counts 1 & 2), sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (a); count 3), oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (b); counts 4 & 11), forcible sodomy (§ 286, subd. (c)(2); count 5), forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2); count 6), aggravated sexual assault of a child (sodomy; § 269, subd. (a)(3); counts 7-9), and forcible oral copulation of a child under age 14 (§ 288a, subd. (c)(2)(B); count 10). As to counts 1, 5, 6, *547and 10, the jury found true a multiple victim allegation. (§ 667.61, subds. (a), (e)(4).) As to count 2, the jury found defendant personally used a firearm in commission of the offense. (§ 12022.53, subd. (b).) Defendant was sentenced to a total term of 18 years plus 180 years to life in prison, and ordered to pay various fees, fines, and assessments. *608On appeal, defendant contends: (1) The evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions on counts 1 and 11; (2) Trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to admission of the complaining witnesses' out-of-court statements to a detective, and for requesting CALCRIM No. 207 ; (3) The giving of an instruction that consent is not a defense to duress (see People v. Soto (2011) 51 Cal.4th 229, 233, 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 775, 245 P.3d 410 ( Soto ); cf. People v. Cicero (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 465, 484-485, 204 Cal.Rptr. 582 ( Cicero ), disapproved by Soto , supra , at p. 248 & fn. 12, 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 775, 245 P.3d 410 ) violated due process; (4) The trial court erroneously instructed that the offense charged in count 11 was a general intent crime; and (5) The abstract of judgment must be corrected. In the published portion of this opinion, we reject defendant's due process claim, and conclude he was not prejudiced by the erroneous intent instruction. In the unpublished portion, we agree the abstract of judgment must be corrected, but otherwise reject defendant's remaining contentions. We also conclude a remand to permit the trial court to determine whether to exercise its discretion to strike the firearm enhancement on count 2 is unwarranted. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

FACTS

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