California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Heredia, B242884 (Cal. App. 2013):
288.5, subdivision (c), that we leave appellant standing convicted of the alternative offenses that are most commensurate with his culpability." (People v. Torres (2002) 102 Cal.App.4th 1053, 1059.) "'A defendant who . . . continues to perpetrate sexual abuse for a longer period of time than that required by section 288.5 [i.e, three months] is more culpable than a defendant who perpetrates the continued abuse for a limited time.'" (People v. Cortes (1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 62, 78, citing People v. Hord (1993) 15 Cal.App.4th 711, 720.)
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