P. v. Richards
After an incident where defendant admittedly molested a young girl who lived in his apartment complex, a jury convicted defendant of forcefully committing three lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 (Counts 1-3, Pen. Code, 288, subd. (b)(1)[1]); making a criminal threat (Count 4, 422)); and simple kidnapping (Count 5, 270, subd. (a)). The jury found true allegations that, as to Counts 1 through 3, defendant used a deadly weapon and kidnapped the victim, who was under 14 years of age. ( 667.61, subd. (e)(1), (e)(4); 667.8, subd. (b); 12022.3, subd. (a).) The trial court denied defendants subsequent motion for a new trial and sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of 45 years to life. The judgment is affirmed.
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