What is the current state of the law in the context of sexual assault cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Vargas, A125176, Super. Ct. No. SC067528A (Cal. App. 2010):
the terms of the laws in effect when he committed his offenses. For a court to hypothesize which acts the jury may have based its verdicts on, or what dates might be attached to certain acts based on ambiguous evidence, would amount to 'judicial impingement upon the traditional role of the jury.' (Blakely v. Washington [(2004)] 542 U.S. [296,] 309.)" (Ibid.)
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