P. v. Santellanes
Francisco Santellanes appeals from the judgment entered upon his convictions by jury of three counts of committing a lewd act on a child (Pen. Code, 288, subd. (a)).[1] The trial court sentenced him to an aggregate prison term of 10 years. Appellant contends that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by allowing admission of evidence of three separate prior incidents of sexual misconduct, (2) he was denied due process by the admission of evidence of those prior incidents, (3) he was denied effective assistance of counsel by reason of defense counsels failure to challenge admission of the Evidence Code section 1108 evidence, and (4) he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of his due process rights to counsel and a fair trial when his attorney systematically failed to object to inadmissible and inflammatory hearsay involving prior sexual misconduct. Court affirm.
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