P. v. Lauri













Filed
10/18/10 P. v. Lauri CA3











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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Trinity)

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THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ELDON WAYNE LAURI, Defendant and Appellant.

C062283 (Super. Ct. No. 08F105)

Following the denial of his request for
fees to retain an expert, defendant Eldon Wayne Lauri pled guilty to continuous
sexual abuse of a child and two counts of lewd and
lascivious acts with a child. He
obtained a certificate of probable cause, and now appeals. Defendant contends the trial court abused its
discretion in denying his request for fees to retain an expert and as a result
of the court's erroneous denial of fees, he was denied his Sixth Amendment
right to present a defense, effective assistance of counsel, and his Fourteenth
Amendment right to due process and equal
protection. On
the record before us, we find any error harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September
9, 2008,
nine-year-old Jane Doe's mother,
reported that defendant had been touching Jane in her â€