Is Defendant's reliance on certain cases which describe the commission of multiple sex acts against one victim as a single or continuous crime misplaced?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harrison, 256 Cal.Rptr. 401, 48 Cal.3d 321, 768 P.2d 1078 (Cal. 1989):
10 Defendant's reliance on certain cases which describe the commission of multiple sex acts against one victim as a "single" or "continuous" crime is misplaced. (People v. McIntyre (1981) 115 Cal.App.3d 899, 910, 176 Cal.Rptr. 3; People v. Mota (1981) 115 Cal.App.3d 227, 233, 171 Cal.Rptr. 212.)
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