In a sexual assault case, is a defendant more culpable in committing two acts of sodomy than if they committed only one act of sexual assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harrison, 196 Cal.App.3d 828, 242 Cal.Rptr. 223 (Cal. App. 1987):
Referring to Perez, the court stated: "Defendant, who caused his victim to undergo two separate humiliating and painful violations of her body, was more culpable in committing the two acts of sodomy than if he had committed only one. (Id. [23 Cal.3d] at p. 553 [153 Cal.Rptr. 40, 591 P.2d 63].)" (People v. Marks, supra, 184 Cal.App.3d at p. 467, 229 Cal.Rptr. 107.)
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