P. v. Tran
Defendant was hired in 2006 to care for a 17-year-old boy with autism. The boy’s mother caught defendant in bed with her son, under the comforter. She told defendant to leave. The boy later told a classmate defendant “tickle[d]†and “touche[d] his groin area.†The classmate told the principal, and the school contacted the police. Working with the police, the boy’s mother called defendant. Defendant admitted touching the boy’s penis twice.
A jury convicted defendant of two counts of committing a lewd act upon a dependent person by a caretaker. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (c)(2).)[1] The court sentenced defendant to two years in state prison.
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