What is the effect of section 288.5 of the California Penal Code on sex abuse cases involving a child molester who engaged in sexual acts with his victim while living with or having close contact with them?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, 122 Cal.Rptr.2d 348, 28 Cal.4th 543, 49 P.3d 1085 (Cal. 2002):
The above conclusion is also in accord with our pronouncement in People v. Grant (1999) 20 Cal.4th 150, 155, 83 Cal. Rptr.2d 295, 973 P.2d 72 that "[t]he Legislature enacted section 288.5 to remedy certain problems of pleading and proof that had arisen in cases involving child molesters who engaged in repeated lewd and lascivious acts with their victims while living with or having close and continuing contact with them"2
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