P. v. Bonella
A jury convicted appellant Richard Clyde Bonella of eight counts of lewd conduct with a child under 14 committed against a single victim. (Pen. Code,[1] § 288, subd. (a).)[2] Sentenced to 22 years in state prison, he appeals. Bonella contends that (1) his mother was improperly excluded from the courtroom during part of his trial; (2) he was erroneously precluded from questioning the victim about financial gain as a motive for bringing false charges against him; (3) inflammatory evidence was improperly admitted; (4) the trial court denied him full access to the victim’s psychiatric records; (5) prosecutorial misconduct occurred during closing argument; and (6) his motion for new trial should have been granted. We affirm the judgment.
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