P. v. Serrano
A jury convicted defendant, Jose Serrano, of forced oral copulation of a minor at least 10 years his junior (Pen. Code, 288a, subd. (c)(1))[1]and committing a lewd and lascivious act on a minor ( 288, subd. (a)), during which he engaged in substantial sexual conduct ( 1203.066, subd. (a)(8)) He was sentenced to prison for eight years. His appellate attorney submitted a Wende brief to this court, stating that he found no arguable issues. However, after review of the record, we asked the parties to address defense counsels failure to object to numerous pieces of evidence. In his response to our request, defendant contends that his trial attorneys failure to object to some of this evidence constitutes incompetency of counsel, requiring reversal of his convictions. Court conclude that the evidence of defendants guilt is such that reversal of defendants convictions is not appropriate based on the errors in admission of evidence defendant, in his appeal, calls to our attention.
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