P. v. Harris
The defendant sexually abused the twin daughters of his girlfriend over a period of more than three years. He also committed a lewd act on a neighbor girl. Convicted by jury of many lewd acts and rape and sentenced to state prison for 19 consecutive indeterminate terms of 15 years to life (an aggregate term of 285 years to life), the defendant appeals.
On appeal, the defendant contends: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence obtained from his computer hard drive, (2) the court violated his rights to due process and a fair trial by admitting evidence of the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS), (3) the court improperly instructed the jury on CSAAS, (4) the court improperly admitted evidence of uncharged sexual acts on the same victims, (5) admission of uncharged sexual acts to show the defendant’s propensity to commit such acts violated his due process rights, (6) the court improperly allowed lay witnesses to testify concerning their perceptions of the victims’ truthfulness, (7) the cumulative effect of errors requires reversal, (8) the court improperly imposed consecutive sentences for multiple acts committed on a single occasion, (9) the court improperly imposed a 10-year parole term instead of the five-year term under the law existing at the time the defendant committed his crimes, and (10) errors in the abstract of judgment must be corrected.
We conclude that the proper parole period was five years and order the judgment to be modified accordingly. We also conclude that several errors in the abstract of judgment must be corrected. Finding no further prejudicial error, we affirm the judgment as modified and remand for preparation of an amended abstract of judgment.
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