P. v. Rangel CA2/4
Defendant Jose Gerardo Rangel was convicted of perpetrating a lewd act upon a child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a), count 1) based on an incident involving a nine-year-old foster child. He also was convicted of both orally copulating a person under 14 who was more than 10 years younger than he (§ 288a, subd. (c)(1), count 2), and orally copulating a child 10 years of age or younger (§ 288.7, subd. (b), count 3) in connection with a second incident involving a different foster child. The trial court, sitting as trier of fact, also found the multiple victim enhancement true as to counts 1 and 2. (§ 667.61, subds. (b) & (e).) The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate sentence of 30 years to life, staying the sentence on count 3 pursuant to section 654.
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